Open AccessNosocomial infections: A further assault on patients in a high-volume urban trauma centre in South Africa
Author(s) -
Angela Dell,
Pradeep H. Navsaria,
S. Gray,
C. Kloppers
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2020.v110i2.14243
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , sepsis , amoxicillin , emergency medicine , antibiotics , mortality rate , infection control , surgery , pediatrics , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , biology
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Surgical site infection (SSI) rates are reported to range from 2.5% to 41%. HAI increases the risk of death by 2 - 11%, and three-quarters of these deaths are directly attributable to SSIs.
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