Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Medeiros,Aldo Cunha
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Aires-Neto,Tertuliano, Azevedo,George Dantas, Vilar,Maria José Pereira, Pinheiro,Laíza Araújo Mohana, Brandão-Neto,José
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000400007
Resumo: 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.
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spelling Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast BrazilSurgical site infectionrisk factorssurveillanceWe 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.Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases2005-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000400007Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.9 n.4 2005reponame:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseasesinstname:Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (BSID)instacron:BSID10.1590/S1413-86702005000400007info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMedeiros,Aldo CunhaAires-Neto,TertulianoAzevedo,George DantasVilar,Maria José PereiraPinheiro,Laíza Araújo MohanaBrandão-Neto,Joséeng2005-11-01T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1413-86702005000400007Revistahttps://www.bjid.org.br/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjid@bjid.org.br||lgoldani@ufrgs.br1678-43911413-8670opendoar:2005-11-01T00:00Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases - Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (BSID)false
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title Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast Brazil
spellingShingle Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast Brazil
Medeiros,Aldo Cunha
Surgical site infection
risk factors
surveillance
title_short Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast Brazil
title_full Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast Brazil
title_fullStr Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast Brazil
title_sort Surgical site infection in a university hospital in northeast Brazil
author Medeiros,Aldo Cunha
author_facet Medeiros,Aldo Cunha
Aires-Neto,Tertuliano
Azevedo,George Dantas
Vilar,Maria José Pereira
Pinheiro,Laíza Araújo Mohana
Brandão-Neto,José
author_role author
author2 Aires-Neto,Tertuliano
Azevedo,George Dantas
Vilar,Maria José Pereira
Pinheiro,Laíza Araújo Mohana
Brandão-Neto,José
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Medeiros,Aldo Cunha
Aires-Neto,Tertuliano
Azevedo,George Dantas
Vilar,Maria José Pereira
Pinheiro,Laíza Araújo Mohana
Brandão-Neto,José
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Surgical site infection
risk factors
surveillance
topic Surgical site infection
risk factors
surveillance
description 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.
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