STUDY ON BURDEN AND CONSEQUENCES OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION AFTER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERIES IN INDIA

Dr. Padman Kumar Patel; Dr. H.S. Varma; Dr. Ajay Dhanopeya

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

STUDY ON BURDEN AND CONSEQUENCES OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION AFTER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERIES IN INDIA

Dr. Padman Kumar Patel, Dr. H. S. Varma, Dr. Ajay Dhanopeya

Abstract :

Background : In indian scenario, Surgical site infection (SSI) is a genuine confusion after orthopedic surgery, and it is related with high grimness rates, high human services costs and at times poor patient‘s results

Material and method : sample size of 286 patients that undergo orthopaedic surgeries in a fixed time period in which sources of information were taken from hospital informatics System.

Result and Conclusion: Most widely recognized methodology performed was 192 spinal surgeries.

Out of 286 orthopedic surgeries, 8(2.8%) patients created SSI.

Most common AMP recommended was cefotiam(34.8%)

1.7%–3.3% of SSIs were recognized by PDS