Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

ROLE OF PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTIC TO PREVENT SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS IN CLEAN SURGERIES

Dr. C. Ganga, Dr. P. Rajaprabaharan

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 AIM: Surgical site infections are one of the most common hospital acquired infections. prevalent usage of prophylactic antibiotics in these clean procedures is due to the undue fear of infection in the minds of majority of our surgeons. Appropriate usage of antibiotics gains paramount importance due to emergence of multi drug resistant strains. compare the surgical site infection in two groups of patients, one receiving prophylactic antibiotics (Study group) and the other group without any prophylaxis before surgery. (Control group) the rate of infection in the study group i.e., the patients who received a prophylactic antibiotic was 6%.  3 out of 50 patients developed an infection among which 2 had superficial incisional SSI. In the group who never received an antibiotic prophylactically, 6 out of 50 patients (12%) developed an infection of which 4 developed a superficial incisional SSI and the remaining deep incisional SSI. None of the patients in both groups developed an organ or space SSI. Conclusion: according to this study performed, prophylactic antibiotics, unless warranted, has no significant role in clean elective surgeries

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Dr.C.GANGA, Dr. P.RAJAPRABAHARAN, ROLE OF PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTIC TO PREVENT SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS IN CLEAN SURGERIES, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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