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Background
Infection of the surgical site is one of the most frequent infections
associated with health care. Objective: To identify the prevalence of
surgical site infection in adults at a hospital in the North of Portugal.
Methods
A prospective study carried out at a hospital in the north of Portugal
in 2015. Inclusion criteria: having been hospitalized in surgical and
obstetrics services in the past 24 hours, aged 16 years or more,
undergoing colon surgery, gallbladder and caesarean section. A
sample of 579 participants was obtained. The characterization of
the patient and the surgery was performed using an inquiry application
in the first 24 hours after surgery, and the registration of the
infection at the time of occurrence within 30 days following the
procedure.
Results
Among the 579 participants 53.4 % were females, with an average
age of 57.1 years (17-97 years), 64.1 % underwent prophylactic antibiotic
therapy, in 52.7 % the surgery was urgent, 6.6 % underwent
surgery laparoscopically, 70.0 % of the surgeries occurred in the surgery
department, of which 33.3 % were cholecystectomy. Predominantly
the wounds were clean (62.0 %). The average wait for surgery
was 7 days, for admission 12 days and average surgical time 59 minutes.
There was a 6.0 % prevalence of surgical site infection and
Escherichia coli accounted for 47.8 % of them. The average time of
onset was 9 days and the organ/space was the most affected site
(48.6 %).
Conclusions
Prevalence of infection was 6.0 %. It is suggested to carry out further
studies that show factors associated with this type of infection.
Description
Keywords
Surgical wound infection Escherichia coli Prevalence
Citation
Preto, Vera; Silva, Norberto; Magalhães, Carlos Pires; Martins, Matilde (2016). Prevalence of surgical site infection in adults at a hospital unit in the North of Portugal. In The 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress. Leiria. p. 16-16
Publisher
Unidade de Investigação em Saúde (UIS) da Escola Superior de Saúde do IPLeiria