Open AccessIncidence of surgical site infection in colon surgery and antibiotic prophylaxis adequacy: prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Javier Luque,
M.A. Cuevas García,
P. Gil Yonte,
J M Fernández Cebrián,
Manuel Durán Póveda,
Gil Rodríguez Caravaca
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anales del sistema sanitario de navarra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2340-3527
pISSN - 1137-6627
DOI - 10.23938/assn.0045
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotic prophylaxis , incidence (geometry) , antibiotics , prospective cohort study , cohort study , surgery , cohort , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Surgical site infection (SSI) has a considerable clinical and economic impact at the hospital level, so prevention and monitoring are considered a high priority. The objective of this study was to assess compliance with the protocol of antibiotic prophylaxis in colon surgery and the effect of its inadequacy for the incidence of SSI.