| Journal: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000290950 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Authors: | Medeiros, Aldo Cunha1 Aires-Neto, Tertuliano Azevedo, George Dantas Vilar, Maria Jose Pereira Pinheiro, Laiza Araujo Mohana Brandao-Neto, Jose |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Brasil |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Season: | Ago |
| Volumen: | 9 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Pages: | 310-314 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | We examined prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) in a tertiary teaching hospital in northeast Brazil, from January 1994 to December 2003. The survey included 5,742 patients subjected to thoracic, urologic, vascular and general surgery. The criteria for diagnosing SSI were those of the Centers for Disease Control, USA, and the variables of the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance risk index were used. Data analysis revealed that anesthetic risk scores, wound class and duration of surgery were significantly associated with SSI. A total of 296 SSIs were detected among the 5,742 patients (5.1%). The overall incidence of SSI was 8.8% in 1994; it decreased to 3.3% in 2003. In conclusion, the use of educational strategies, based on guidelines for SSI prevention reduced SSI incidence. Appropriate management of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative incision care, and a surveillance system based on international criteria, were useful in reducing SSI rates in our hospital |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Hospitales, Microbiología, Infección hospitalaria, Factores de riesgo, Vigilancia, Prevención, Manejo |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Hospitals, Microbiology, Surgery, Nosocomial infections, Risk factors, Surveillance, Prevention, Management |
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