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Clare Heal

James Cook University
Verified email at jcu.edu.au
Cited by 2392

Topical antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention

CF Heal, JL Banks, PD Lepper… - Cochrane Database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
… weeks, rather than time to healing, or the proportion of wounds healed at the end of the …
healing in the review, from proportion of wounds healed at the end of the trial or time to healing

Does single application of topical chloramphenicol to high risk sutured wounds reduce incidence of wound infection after minor surgery? Prospective randomised …

CF Heal, PG Buettner, R Cruickshank, D Graham… - Bmj, 2009 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the effectiveness of a single application of topical chloramphenicol
ointment in preventing wound infection after minor dermatological surgery. Design …

Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of skin lesions

CF Heal, BA Raasch, PG Buettner… - British Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background Skin cancer is an increasing problem in fair‐skinned populations worldwide. It
is important that doctors are able to diagnose skin lesions accurately. Objectives To compare …

Risk factors for surgical site infection after dermatological surgery

CF Heal, PG Buettner, H Drobetz - International journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Surgical site infection (SSI) following minor surgery contributes to patient morbidity
and compromises cosmetic outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the …

Meta-analysis of randomized and quasi-randomized clinical trials of topical antibiotics after primary closure for the prevention of surgical-site infection

CF Heal, JL Banks, P Lepper… - Journal of British …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention. … the majority result in wounds
that heal by primary intention. Surgical… SSIs can delay healing, impair cosmetic outcomes and …

Prevention of surgical site infection in lower limb skin lesion excisions with single dose oral antibiotic prophylaxis: a prospective randomised placebo-controlled …

SC Smith, CF Heal, PG Buttner - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
… These infections often require antibiotics and repeat consultations to assess wound healing.
They can potentially lead to significant bacteraemic complications and impair cosmetic …

Effect of a single prophylactic preoperative oral antibiotic dose on surgical site infection following complex dermatological procedures on the nose and ear: a …

H Rosengren, CF Heal, PG Buttner - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
… It is known that SSI following secondary intention healing is very low,9 10 hence antibiotic or
… Any wound that had not fully healed was redressed until the defect had fully epithelialised. …

Alcoholic versus aqueous chlorhexidine for skin antisepsis: the AVALANCHE trial

D Charles, CF Heal, M Delpachitra, M Wohlfahrt… - Cmaj, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
… Contributors: Daniel Charles and Clare Heal contributed equally to this manuscript and are
… Clare Heal conceived the study idea, orchestrated practice recruitment and data collection, …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of CF: how registries can be used to advance our understanding of the CF population

AD Jackson, CH Goss - Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 2018 - Elsevier
… In this review, we examine the origin of national CF registries, the use of registries for
monitoring the health of the population, the power of conducting longitudinal analysis of registry …

Agreement between histological diagnosis of skin lesions by histopathologists and a dermato‐histopathologist

CF Heal, D Weedon, BA Raasch, BT Hill… - International journal …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… Depending on the health system, it may imply increased costs and there could also be
flow-on effects such as legal consequences for patients. A randomized controlled trial comparing …