POPULATION  OF  INTEREST

All MWDs with an open wound.

INTENT  (EXPECTED  OUTCOMES)

• Recovery from wound.
• No identified antibiotic resistance bacteria.
• Proper documentation of wound treatment in the MWD medical record.

PERFORMANCE / ADHERENCE MEASURES

• Number and percentage of patients in the population of interest (deployed MWDs) that sustained an open wound injury.
  • Number of MWDs that received primary closure for the wound.
  • Number of MWDs that received delayed closure (either secondary or tertiary). Length of time before closure (secondary) or complete healing (tertiary).
• Number and percentage of MWDs that returned to duty.

DATA  SOURCE

• Patient Record
• Department of Defense MWD Trauma Registry

SYSTEM  REPORTING  &  FREQUENCY

The above constitutes the minimum criteria for PI monitoring of this K9 CPG. System reporting will be performed annually; additional PI monitoring and system reporting may be performed as needed.

The system review and data analysis will be performed by direction of the K9C4 Chair.