Abstract
Three months study of orthopaedic surgical site infections in an Egyptian University hospital
Highlights
Surgical site infections (SSI) are the most common nosocomial infections in surgical patients and lead to prolonged hospital stay, readmissions to the hospital, and increased morbidity and mortality.[1]
As we have been confronted to frequent SSIs and because of the scarcity of studies about this subject in Tanta University hospital, a prospective study was conducted in order to determine the incidence, the causative organisms and the main risk factors of SSI in orthopaedic department Tanta University hospital
Place of study Orthopaedic department in Tanta University Hospital which contains 83 beds distributed in 5 wards (3 for males containing 48 beds & 2 for females containing 35 beds)
Summary
Surgical site infections (SSI) are the most common nosocomial infections in surgical patients and lead to prolonged hospital stay, readmissions to the hospital, and increased morbidity and mortality.[1] It accounts for 14 %-16% of all infections among hospital inpatients. This is a major health problem and orthopaedic surgery is no exception, for which SSI is the second most common complication often resulting in the need to remove the prosthesis. 2. As regards to orthopaedic SSI, it prolongs total hospital stays by a median of 2 weeks per patient, approximately double re-hospitalization rates, and increase healthcare.
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