RETRACTION: Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention in the Operating Room to Prevent Wound Infections in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed nursing interventions in operating rooms reduce wound infections after orthopedic surgery, but it was accepted due to a flawed peer review process.

Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and does not present new or valid scientific findings.

Findings

The paper was retracted after an investigation found the peer review process was compromised.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The study's conclusions about nursing interventions are not scientifically valid.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhuD.
and
LuoQ.
, “Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention in the Operating Room to Prevent Wound Infections in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 11 (2023): 4103–4111, 10.1111/iwj.14304.37433641
PMC10681532

The above article, published online on 11 July 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.