Alpard, Scott K.
Hunt, Kelly K.
Tran, John
Checka, Cristina M.
Article History
Received: 9 September 2024
Accepted: 5 November 2025
First Online: 23 November 2025
Disclosure
: No funding was used to support this work. Kelly Hunt: medical advisory board—ArmadaHealth and AstraZeneca; research funding to author’s institution—Cairn Surgical, Eli Lilly & Co., and Lumicell. Cristina Checka: provisional patent filed for a microneedle bandage to detect surgical site infection at home. Data supporting this study are included within the article and/or supporting materials. Scott Alpard: provisional patent filed for a microneedle bandage to detect surgical site infection at home.