Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019
Pattern of Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Incidence of Surgical site infection (SSI) in Postoperative Patients in The Department of General Surgery of a Govt. Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital– A Retrospective Study
Dr Ravi Kumar Singodia, Dr Sunil Kumar Mathur
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Aim– To study the Pattern of Antibiotic Prophylaxis and incidence of SSI in Postoperative patients. Material and Methods– This retrospective study included all the patients between 15 to 75 yrs of age, who underwent surgical procedures in General Surgery department from July 2016 to January 2018. Result – Out of total 1650 patients who underwent surgical procedures, SSI were found in 97 cases (5.87%) . Highest number of SSI (34%) were observed in the age group of 46– 60 yrs. Skin grafting was found to be most common procedure prone to develop SSI (21 cases out of 31, i.e 67.74%). Most common organism encountered for SSI was pseudomonas (35 cases ) followed by E–Coli (25 cases ). Conclusion–. Study suggested the need of local protocol or institutional antibiotic guideline for judicious and rational use of antibiotics as surgical prophylaxis in hospital for optimal patient care.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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PATTERN OF ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS AND INCIDENCE OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI) IN POSTOPERATIVE PATIENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY OF A GOVT. TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL- A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, Dr Ravi Kumar Singodia, Dr Sunil Kumar Mathur INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2019
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PATTERN OF ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS AND INCIDENCE OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI) IN POSTOPERATIVE PATIENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY OF A GOVT. TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL- A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, Dr Ravi Kumar Singodia, Dr Sunil Kumar Mathur INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2019
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