Surgical Site Infection in a Teaching Hospital: A Prospective Study

Khairy, Gamal A.; Kambal, Abdelmageed M.; Aldohayan, Abdullah; Alshehri, Mohammed; Zubaidi, Ahmad; Al-Naami, Mohammed Y.; Alsaif, Faisal; Al-Obaid, Omar; Alsaif, Abdulaziz; El-Farouk, Omer Y.; Alabdulkarim, Amal

doi:10.1016/s1658-3612(11)70172-x

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“…The main focus of this study was to find out the incidence and risk factors associated with SSIs in surgical wards. The SSIs incidence in this study was 11.4% (183 SSI cases) as compared to previous studies of 6% Shahane V et al 3.7% [11], for Atif ML et al 6.8% [12], for Khairy GA et al [6], with the highest incidence of 26% in Brown S et al [13] and the lowest incidence was noted in Cheng K et al [14] of about 3.34%.…”

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“…17-8.25) showed higher risk for SSIs for ICU patients. The most common SSIs causative organism was Staphylococcus aureus (25% incidence) followed by Eschershia coli (23% incidence) in this study as compared to Eschershia coli (34% incidence), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (26% incidence) in Khairy GA et al [6] study. The longer duration of surgery also seemed to cause more SSIs incidence.…”

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Surgical Site Infections Incidence, their Predictors and Causative Organisms in a Teaching Hospital

Rawabdeh¹,

Mulhim²,

Khan³

2016

Int J Community Fam Med

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Purposes: Nosocomial infections (NCIs) are infections that generally occur 48 hours after hospitalization. Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the major contributor to patient morbidity, health care costs and death. The rational for this study was to assess the frequency of NCIs in surgical wards and investigate possible predictors for SSIs. Methods: It was an observational and prospective study for the purpose of providing structured opportunities for Hospital administration and health professionals in countering SSIs. The total number of patients were 1611 including Saudis and non-Saudi nationals. Each patient was followed up from the time of admission until discharge (with a maximum period of 30 days postoperatively). Surgical wounds were inspected at the time of the first dressing and weekly thereafter for 30 days. Also, swabs from a deeper part of the wound were taken from the infected surgical sites, and routinely from the surface of non-infected sites. The specimens were gram stained and examined for the presence of organisms (cultured aerobically and anaerobically). Findings: The main findings were: SSIs causative organisms were Staphylococcus aureus (25% incidence) followed by Echeriashia coli (23% incidence). The incidence rate of surgical site infections was 11.4%. The presences of co-morbidities were a risk factor for SSIs in this study and a higher level of education was related to decreases in SSIs. Recommendations: This article recommended proper nursing care, sterilization and disinfection of instruments and equipment with careful handling of intensive procedures to control infection which will improve the efficiency and quality of surgical care.

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Surgical Site Infections Incidence, their Predictors and Causative Organisms in a Teaching Hospital

Rawabdeh¹,

Mulhim²,

Khan³

2016

Int J Community Fam Med

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“…This could be due to the increased duration of exposure to micro organisms in the operating theatre. In contrast to other studies 11,20 , this study did not find any significant association between diabetes and SSI. The low number of cases in this study may have been responsible for this variation.…”

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“…Similar findings were reported in other studies 11,12 . This could be due to the fact that most emergency surgeries lack the routine pre operative preparations and also involve contaminated surgeries such as bowel and perianal regions.Similar to previous studies 13,14 , the rate of SSI is highest in dirty wounds followed by contaminated, clean contaminated and clean wounds in descending order.Just like previous studies 15,16 , there is a significant association between obesity and SSI.…”

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Surgical Site Infection in A Tertiary Centre In Nigeria

Dodiyi-Manuel¹

2017

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Incidence of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and the adherence to the HAIs’ prevention strategies in a military hospital in Alkharj

Ahmed

Haseeb

Elazab³

et al. 2021

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

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Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are considered one of the most common adverse events in health care service provision. In order to prevent the occurrence of HAIs, it is important to implement several prevention strategies. Objectives This study aims to determine the incidence of healthcare-associated infections in a military hospital in Alkharj and the adherence to the HAIs’ prevention strategies. Methods This study included exporting data for all infected cases confirmed by the infection disease specialists in 2019. The data were collected from the reports that were written by infection control unit and infectious disease department. Results The rate of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in 2019 was 0.43% of total patient admissions. The rate of central line associated bloodstream infections in 2019 was 1.15 per 1000 central line days. The rate of catheter associated urinary tract infections in 2019 was 1.00 per 1000 catheter days. The rate of ventilator associated pneumonia in 2019 was 2.11 per 1000 ventilator days and the rate of surgical site infections in 2019 was 0.41 %. Conclusion The rate of overall healthcare-associated infections (HAI) was low. The compliance rate of health care workers to preventive measures that control HAIs was generally high but there was a need for more awareness particularly regarding personal protective equipment and hand hygiene. So it is important to attend more awareness activities and workshops particularly regarding personal protective equipment and hand hygiene. Furthermore, infection control unit and infectious disease department in the hospital should support the robust HAI prevention programs.

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Surgical Site Infection in a Teaching Hospital: A Prospective Study

Cited by 37 publications

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Surgical Site Infections Incidence, their Predictors and Causative Organisms in a Teaching Hospital

Surgical Site Infections Incidence, their Predictors and Causative Organisms in a Teaching Hospital

Surgical Site Infection in A Tertiary Centre In Nigeria

Incidence of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and the adherence to the HAIs’ prevention strategies in a military hospital in Alkharj

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