Open AccessCHARACTERIZATION OF POST-CESAREAN SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
Author(s) -
Beatriz Sousa da Fonseca,
Verusca Soares de Souza,
Andréia Queiroz da Silva,
Danielle Cristine Sanches,
Gislaine Rogéria Erédia Araújo,
Élen Ferraz Teston,
Maria Antônia Ramos Costa,
Carlos Alexandre Molena Fernandes,
Taynara de Oliveira Farias Batista
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista prevenção de infecção e saúde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2446-7901
DOI - 10.26694/repis.v5i0.9094
Subject(s) - medicine , surgical site infection , outpatient clinic , medical record , obstetrics , incidence (geometry) , emergency medicine , pediatrics , surgery , physics , optics
Objective: to characterize post-cesarean surgical site infections. Method: descriptive documentary study, performed at a hospital in southern Brazil, with forms of active search and post-cesarean stitch removal from outpatient care performed between January 2015 and December 2017. Data were cited regarding the indication of cesarean section, risk factors, drug use, culture collection and infection rate, analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results: a total of 1,479 post-cesarean outpatient care records (2015=456; 2016=487; 2017=536) were investigated, with lack of dilation as the main indication. The incidence of surgical site infection increased in the last year (2015=2.6%, 2016=2.3%, 2017=3.5%) in which the nurse was included in the outpatient clinic. Conclusion: the indication for cesarean section due to lack of dilation is not foreseen in protocols, and the increase of infection rate in 2017 might be justified by the increased vigilance.
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