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Contextual Study The purpose of this study is to look at how health care can have a wider impact on the patient and the place where that care is given. The topic of this assignment is ‘post-operative wound infection’. Wound infection be it pressure sore, venous ulcer or surgical wound, has an impact on every area of nursing care. It is an issue all nurses have to address and act upon. The assignment will look at the cost to both patient and hospital trust, the impact on primary care groups, effects of the patients local environment, risk factors, current research, ethical issues and current nursing policies Interest in this area of nursing came about after nursing a 62 year old lady who had infected pressure sores and an infected surgical wound. For the purpose of this assignment the patient shall be known as Mrs Harriet Potter, to protect her identity. Clause 10 of the UKCC Professional Code of Conduct states “protect all confidential information concerning patients and clients in the course of professional practice and make disclosures only with consent”. Oral informed consent (Diamond 1990) was gained from her husband as Mrs Potter was in a confused state of mind at the time. Mrs Potter was made aware that her con