Surgical Site Infections: Prospective Study in a Medical College Teaching Hospital at Port Blair, India
In Indian adult patients undergoing any form of surgical procedure, the SSI prevalence was 12.88%. SSIs occurred more frequently after obstetrics and gynaecology operations. Following any type of surgery, patients who are women, younger, had emergency surgery, have diabetes, and require a lengthy hospital stay are more likely to experience SSIs. The most commonly encountered pathogens were <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and coagulase negative <i>Staphylococcus</i>.
Authors
- H Sanjeev
- K. Snehaa
- Shahina Mustaqim
- Abhay Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9833-4698)
- Nagma Rafi
- Nilesh Patil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-5453)
- Manju Mehrotra
Institutions
- Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- ICAR - Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (IN)
- Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the West African College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jwas.jwas_9_24
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57