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janglur

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Infections
« on: February 23, 2011, 11:59:22 pm »
I've been logging all my patients, and have noticed a few factors that increase the chance of infection.
Actions/Chance of Causing Infections


No Cleaning:  100%
Cleaning with Dirty Water:  +25%
Cleaning with Clean Water:  +/-0%
Cleaning with Soap:  -50%
Delayed Suturing:  +50%
Delayed Wound Dressing:  +25%
Day Of Uncompleted Treatment:  +1%
Trait Impact:  +/-5% (per degree)

Soap is a very useful, if bugged, hospital necessity.  It drastically reduces chances of infection.
These are approximations, and may vary.
Casts vs. Splints seem to make no difference.
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Uristocrat

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Re: Infections
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2011, 05:28:53 am »
Are Dwarven Bathtubs as effective as cleaning them?
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Re: Infections
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2011, 05:46:44 am »
how did you get the numbers?
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janglur

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Re: Infections
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2011, 11:36:14 am »
No.  Dwarven bathtubs appear to have absolutely no effect on infections.

And the numbers were gathered from a hundred or so poor sapsvolunteers.
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Puzzlemaker

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Re: Infections
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2011, 11:41:04 am »
Wow, I am impressed.  If those numbers are real, it must have been painful to find them.
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Re: Infections
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2011, 12:12:55 pm »
Quote from: Puzzlemaker on February 24, 2011, 11:41:04 am
Wow, I am impressed.  If those numbers are real, it must have been painful to find them.
::) I see what you did there.

That said, it's nice to see some (rough) numbers on this.
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Re: Infections
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2011, 12:17:51 pm »
I wouldn't say no cleaning is 100% chance, i;ve had dwarves with no infection modifier go with massive cuts for a long time with no infections or treatment.  80% would probably be better.   maybe you have really bad luck eh?  Oh and cleaning with bad water makes it worse?  God that makes wells so much more nessicary....
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janglur

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Re: Infections
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2011, 01:13:15 am »
The 100% is mostly the fact that dwarves who aren't cleaned won't get treated any further, and WILL get infected and die if it's a hospitalizing injury.

Injuries that can heal on their own (like some cuts) will effectively be healed.  Once healed, infections will not worsen, and will gradually get better.  HOWEVER, infections cause bleeding to varying degrees per infection (or at least the effects of bleeding).  If the infections heal too slowly to account for bloodloss, the dwarf can die without any actual wounds.

I checked my logs and 124 dwarves have been tested.  Amazingly, i've lost only 12 patients, and 14 total.  My healthcare is very well set up, and also very functional once I discovered soap's invaluableness.
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