Prevalencia de infecciones nosocomiales del sitio quirúrgico en sala de cirugía del HGGS de enero a junio 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: Among the postoperative patients hospitalized in the surgery room of the HOSPITAL GENERAL GUASMO SUR, infections cause an increase in morbidity and mortality, an extension of the hospital stay and, therefore, the costs of hospitalization. Objectives: To calculate the index of the prevalence of nosocomial infections in the surgical site in the surgery room of the Guasmo Sur General Hospital in a period that goes from January to June of 2017. Materials and methods: A sample of 102 patients was formed during the study period, where 61 of them were male patients, with a remaining female, equivalent to 51 cases of the study group. Descriptive type analysis, where summary and distribution measures were used to analyze quantitative variables, such as age. Measures like; medium, medium and fashion. For qualitative variables, percentage calculations. Chi-cuadrado and Kruskal Wallis tests were used to determine the association between the variables of the infected surgical site, cleanliness number and antibiotic proph ylaxis. Results: The prevalence rate regarding the surgical site, showed a large proportion, of one of every two cases, of SIO in the abdominal region in 53%. Conclusion: In conclusion, it can be established that the male sex has a greater risk of developing nosocomial infections of surgical wounds, than the antibiotic prophylaxis developed in combination, either ampicillin sulbactam and ampicillin gentamicin, have a much lower risk of developing nosocomial infections of surgical wound, performing at least two cleanings of the surgical wound per day, reduce the risk of developing infection during the hospital stay.