Prevalence and root causes of surgical site infections at an academic trauma and burn center in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

Conclusions: The prevalence of surgical site infection in the study population is still high. Preoperative hospital stay, pre-morbid illness, pre-operative and post-operative hospital stay, ASA score, and type of the wound were the independent predictors of surgical site infection. The duration of pre and post-operative periods should be kept to a minimum as much as possible. Patients with pre-morbid history of chronic diseases and contaminated wound require special attention to decrease the rate of occurrence of infections. In addition, longitudinal studies should be carried out to identify more risk factors. PMID: 31921353 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31921353?dopt=Abstract

Source: Patient Safety in Surgery - January 11, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Mezemir R, Seid A, Gishu T, Demas T, Gize A Tags: Patient Saf Surg Source Type: research