Volume : III, Issue : IV, April - 2014

Epidemiology and Microbiology of Surgical Site Infections in A Tertiary Care Hospital

Sucilathangam G, Velvizhi G, Revathy C

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Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common complication following surgical procedures. The aim of this study was to assess Epidemiological characteristics, Risk factors, Microbiological profile and Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of surgical site infection in a tertiary care hospital. Two hundred patients who underwent surgery in the male and female surgical wards, gynaecology and maternity wards were enrolled in the study. Data was collected in a predesigned questionnaire forms. Out of 200 surgeries conducted during this period of 4 months, 30 patients presented with the complaints of surgical site infections and were taken for the studies based on the inclusion criteria and the exclusion criteria. Out of these 30 patients, 25 were males and the remaining were females. Of the total surgical wound infection, 4% were those of superficial incisional surgical site infection. Deep incisional surgical site infections accounted for 60% of all cases. The remaining 24% were organ space surgical site infection. Among these 30 patients, bacterial growth was found in 25 samples. The results indicate that 12.5% of patients undergoing surgeries developed SSI. Klebsiella Spp. was the most common etiological agent (48%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Streptococcus pyogenes and Pseudomonas group. Meticulous surgical technique, proper sterilization, judicious use of antibiotics, improvement of operation theatre and ward environments, control of malnutrition and obesity, treatment of infective foci and diseases like Diabetes, and avoidance of smoking helps control the morbidity of surgical wound infections.

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Sucilathangam G, Velvizhi G, Revathy C Epidemiology and Microbiology of Surgical Site Infections in A Tertiary Care Hospital International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue. IV Apr 2014

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