[Surgical site infection: clinical and microbiological aspects].
Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common and serious postoperative complication of modern surgery. It contributes to an increase of morbidity, mortality, prolonged hospitalization and costs of treatment. The optimal strategy in order to reduce wound infections in surgery is SSI knowledge of risk factors associated with a patient, surgery and postoperative care as well as the caution of fundamental recommendations concerning prevention, which include: preparation of patient for surgery, preparation of antiseptic principles for hand skin of the operation team, the proceedings in the case of allegation of infection or colonization within the operation team members, preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis, procedures and aspects of aseptic surgical technique, postoperative care and the rules for monitoring infections in the surgical ward.
Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie. agnieszka.sikora24@wp.pl
Agnieszka
A
Sikora
Maria
M
Kozioł-Montewska
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*