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Module 2: Basic Surgical Skills

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WOUND INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN• Clinical signs:• Pain, swelling, redness, warmth, pus drainage• Treatment• Open wound if pus present or suspected• Clean with disinfectant• Pack lightly with damp gauze, change daily• Antibiotics until cellulitis resolved• Staphylococcus: Cloxacillin (25-50mg/kg po qid)• Suspected bowel flora : Ampicillin (25-50mg/kg po qid),Gentamycin (7.5 mg/kg IM or IV once a day) andMetronidazole (7.5 mg/kg tid)37 |Emergency and Essential <strong>Surgical</strong> Care (EESC) programmewww.who.int/surgery

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