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A surgical ward is a special unit within a hospital which admits patients who have undergone surgery or those waiting to undergo surgery and also other patients such as those with burns, injuries and dislocations that may not need surgery [1]. Reducing the health care associated infections in these wards remains a critical issue for clinicians and managers in hospitals and health care institutions all over the world [2]. According to the infection prevention control policy, very few surgical wound infections are acquired after the operation if there is primary closure of the wound. Open wounds and presence of drains increase the risk of infection in the post-operative period [3]. Various microbial communities have been uncovered in a variety of built environment and surprisingly from sites engineered to be sterile and high risk hospital wards [4,5].

The Nosocomial Risk of Bacterial Contamination of Surgical Wards at Saint Francis Hospital in Katete District of Zambia