Prevention of surgical wound infection. 2017 CDC Recommendations

Authors

  • Esther Gordo Flores MD Experto Universitario en Seguridad del Paciente. Servicio de Urología. Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo
  • Daniel Paz Martín FEA Anestesia y Reanimación. Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i4.224

Keywords:

Study, WGGT, Surgical wound infection

Abstract

About 8% of patients admitted to a hospital suffer from a healthcare-associated infection. Surgical wound infection (SSI), defined as infection of the incision, organ or space after surgery, accounts for a fifth of the total, and it is estimated that approximately 5% of all patients who undergo open surgery will develop one.

In a long study that included 105,000 patients from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project, Khuri et al showed that the development of one of the 22 postoperative complications studied, including superficial and deep surgical wound infection, reduced the mean life expectancy 69% regardless of the individual's preoperative risk.

Keywords: Surgical wound infection, WGGT, Study

References

1) Khuri SF, Henderson WG, DePalma RG, Mosca C, Healey NA, Kumbhani DJ. Determinants of long-term survival after major surgery and the adverse effect of postoperative complications. Ann Surg. 2005;242(3):326-41.
2) Evidencia en el manejo de la infección perioperatoria D. Paz Martín, M.B. Serna Gandía, B. Castaño Moreira En manual de infecciones perioperatorias 2ª Edición. Ed. ERGON 2017.
3) Umscheid CA, Mitchell MD, Doshi JA, Agarwal R, Williams K, Brennan PJ. Estimating the proportion of healthcare-associated infections that are reasonably preventable and the related mortality and costs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011;32(2):101-114.

Published

2020-09-10

How to Cite

Gordo Flores, E., & Paz Martín, D. (2020). Prevention of surgical wound infection. 2017 CDC Recommendations. Revista Electrónica AnestesiaR, 10(4), 7. https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i4.224

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