INFECÇÃO DE SÍTIO CIRÚRGICO EM OSTEOSSÍNTESE DE FÊMUR: INCIDÊNCIA E FATORES ASSOCIADOS

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Daiana Aparecida Ribeiro
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Cristianismo, Rayana Santos, Campos, Fernanda Fraga, Costa, Magnania Cristiane Pereira da, Lucas, Thabata Coaglio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/76087
• topic: Área: Saúde coletiva/ Sub-área:Epidemiologia; Fraturas do Fêmur; Infecção da Ferida Cirúrgica; Ortopedia; Notificação de Doenças; Vigilância em Saúde Pública.; Fracturas del Fémur; Infección de la Herida Quirúrgica; Ortopedia; Notificación de Enfermedades; Vigilancia en Salud Pública.; Femoral Fractures; Surgical Wound Infection; Orthopedics; Disease Notification; Public Health Surveillance.

Objective: to determine the incidence and associated factors of surgical site infection in femoral osteosynthesis in a philanthropic hospital unit in the interior of Minas Gerais - Brazil. Method: crosssectional, descriptive, retrospective study conducted from February 2, 2017, to March 31, 2019. Data were extracted from medical records and health care-related infection notification forms. Results: the incidence of surgical site infections was 5.5%. 46.7% of the patients were readmitted, 26.7% had surgical debridement and the mean length of stay was 13.5±6.2 days. No deaths were reported. Antimicrobial prophylaxis was observed in 80% of the patients. Conclusion: the study contributed to the generation of health and evaluation indicators that provided the tracking of surgical site infections and active surveillance for the construction of strategies to prevent institutional adverse events.