POST-DISCHARGE SURGICAL SITE INFECTION: OCCURRENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENERAL SURGERY OUTPATIENTS

• Autor(a) principal: dos Reis, Raíssa Gabriela
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Maria Cristina Soares
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/51678
• topic: Saúde e Enfermagem.; Infecção hospitalar; Infecção da ferida cirúrgica; Seguimentos; Cirurgia geral; Enfermagem médico-cirúrgica.; Cross infection; Surgical wound infection; Follow-up; General surgery; Medical-surgical nursing.; Infección Hospitalaria; Infección de la Herida Quirúrgica; Estudios de Seguimiento; Cirugía General; Enfermería Médico-Quirúrgica.

The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of surgical site infection and describe the characteristics of cases of general surgery outpatients in post-discharge follow-up in a hospital in the Federal District, in Brazil. This was a descriptive, retrospective study corresponding to the years 2011 to 2013, conducted from August 2015 to July 2016, based on consulting the hospital’s information systems and the medical records of patients. In the study period, 2,772 general surgery procedures were performed and 2,283 (82.28%) patients received post-discharge follow-up. Eighty-five cases of infection were diagnosed, equivalent to a mean rate of 3.7% in the period. There was a higher occurrence of infection between the sixth and tenth day after surgery. The data reinforces the relevance of post-discharge surveillance instituted in the health service and provides results indicators that may help define strategies for improving measures aimed at preventing and controlling surgical site infections.