Table 10.
Counts for double sampling study of wound infection
| Sample | Drain | Interval of hospital discharge with no prior infection | Interval of infection | No infection by day 30 | Hospital discharge without follow-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–4 days | 5–7 days | 8–30 days | |||||
| Partial follow-up sample | No | None | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | |
| 0–4 days | -- | -- | -- | -- | 180 | ||
| 5–7 days | 0 | -- | -- | -- | 544 | ||
| 8–30 days | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | 232 | ||
| Yes | None | 7 | 15 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 0–4 days | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | ||
| 5–7 days | 0 | -- | -- | -- | 87 | ||
| 8–30 days | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | 128 | ||
| Full follow-up sample | No | None | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0–4 days | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | |||
| 5–7 days | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89 | |||
| 8–30 days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Yes | None | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0–4 days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 5–7 days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 8–30 days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||