Tell us about your experiences of Surgical Infections by Patient Safety Learning and Mölnlycke

Have you ever contracted an infection during or after surgery? Share your experience.

Have you ever been in surgery and contracted an infection? Do you want to share your experience anonymously and help create change?

Take part in this survey: Experiences of Surgical Infections

Patient Safety Learning and Mölnlycke are creating a short video, that will, for the first time, profile the experiences of people who have contracted an infection after surgery. The video will include short written testimonials from people about what it means to contract an infection, and the impact it can have. The information from this survey will help to inform this video, with the results being highlighted as patient testimonials to anonymously profile your experiences with infections.

The finalised video will be shared with policymakers, MPs and the media to bring greater attention to the damaging impact of infections on patients, and increase awareness of the importance of prioritising this area of clinical care. It will also be used more broadly by Mölnlycke within both educational and promotional materials to ensure that the profile of infections are raised across a range of audiences. We hope this will bring positive change to the current approach to the management of infections, and ensure future patients have the greatest chance to avoid contracting surgical infections.

If you would like to share your experiences over the phone, or learn more about the project, please contact molnlycke@lexcomm.co.uk

This project is support by Mölnlycke, a world-leading medical solutions company which designs and supplies medical solutions to enhance performance in healthcare – from the hospital to the home.

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* 1. Do you live in the United Kingdom?

Yes

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* 2. What type of surgery did you undergo? Was it one surgery, or a series of many surgeries?

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* 3. What type of infection did you have and when did it occur?

Please consider the following: How long after the surgery did the infection occur?
Where did the infection occur?
How serious was the infection?

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* 4. What type of information did you receive from doctors before, during and after your surgery?

Please consider the following:
How was the information given to you? I.e., leaflets, videos, a conversation.
Was the information provided clear and helpful?
Were you able to ask questions about this information to your doctors?
Were you involved in helping to make decisions about your own care?

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* 5. What do you think could have been done better?

Please consider the type of communications, the information provided, surgery aftercare, and how follow ups could have been improved.

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* 6. What impact did the infection have on your physical, emotional and psychological health?

You may also consider the impact the infection may have had on your professional or educational life, recovery time, financial and emotional stress, and long-term effects.

Tell us about your experiences of Surgical Infections by Patient Safety Learning and Mölnlycke

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* 1. Do you live in the United Kingdom?

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* 2. What type of surgery did you undergo? Was it one surgery, or a series of many surgeries?

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* 3. What type of infection did you have and when did it occur? Please consider the following: How long after the surgery did the infection occur? Where did the infection occur? How serious was the infection?

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* 5. What do you think could have been done better?Please consider the type of communications, the information provided, surgery aftercare, and how follow ups could have been improved.

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* 6. What impact did the infection have on your physical, emotional and psychological health? You may also consider the impact the infection may have had on your professional or educational life, recovery time, financial and emotional stress, and long-term effects.

* 3. What type of infection did you have and when did it occur?

Please consider the following: How long after the surgery did the infection occur?
Where did the infection occur?
How serious was the infection?

* 5. What do you think could have been done better?

Please consider the type of communications, the information provided, surgery aftercare, and how follow ups could have been improved.

* 6. What impact did the infection have on your physical, emotional and psychological health?

You may also consider the impact the infection may have had on your professional or educational life, recovery time, financial and emotional stress, and long-term effects.