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It is has been estimated that hospital acquired (nosocomial) infections cost the National Health Service (NHS), in England alone, £931 million per annum.1 Of this, the cost of lower limb wound infections (which account for about 21% of all surgical wound infections) can be calculated at £13.7 million per annum. Thus, the development of techniques that can quantify the risk of infection and thus allow early preventative treatment is desirable on both clinical and economic grounds.
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Harrison, D.K. (2003). Optical Measurements of Tissue Oxygen Saturation in Lower Limb Wound Healing. In: Thorniley, M., Harrison, D.K., James, P.E. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXV. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 540. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6125-2_37
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