# RETRACTION: The Efficacy of Nursing Interventions in Preventing Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70587 · International Wound Journal · 2025-04-18

## TL;DR

This paper was retracted because it was accepted due to a compromised peer review process and lacks sufficient methodological detail.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted, so no new contribution was made.

## Key findings

- The article was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.
- The methods section lacks sufficient detail and is not reproducible.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

HeP.
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HaiY.
, “The Efficacy of Nursing Interventions in Preventing Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14850, 10.1111/iwj.14850.38522429
PMC10961171

The above article, published online on 24 March 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, further investigation by the publisher found that the methods section lacks sufficient detail and is not supported by the references. Thus, the experimental procedure as described is not reproducible and not supported by previous work. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Congenital Heart Disease (MESH:D006330), Infections (MESH:D007239)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Full text

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