Volume-6, Issue-1, January 2020

Abstract

Surgical site infection is a post-operative complication. In spite of use of modern days antibiotics post-operative wound may get infected which is a negative sign of quality care of wound post-operatively. There are many factors associated with SSI. So this present study was conducted to find out prevalence of Surgical site infection in post-operative cases operated at R.K. Joshi District hospital Dausa (Rajasthan) India in year 2017. Surgical site infection was found in 25.6% of post operative cases. It was found significantly more in older age group, in cases from rural areas and cases from BPL families. Sex of cases was not found to associated with prevalence of SSI. SSI was found significantly more in Appendicectomy and Cholecystectomy than other surgeries. SSI was also found significantly more where duration of surgery was more. Cases with SSI had significantly longer duration of hospital stay. It was also revealed that cases with co morbidities were having significantly higher proportion of SSI. Among co morbidities SSI was highest in cases with Diabetes Mellitus

Keywords: Surgical Site Infection(SSI), Post-Operative Complication

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Keywords: Surgical Site Infection(SSI), Post-Operative Complication