Open AccessProphylactic Antibiotics and Wound Infection
Author(s) -
Abubaker Ibrahim Elbur
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/6409.3751
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , antibiotics , logistic regression , surgery , antibiotic prophylaxis , surgical wound , infection rate , wound infection , audit , management , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , pharmacology , biology
Surgical site infections account for 14%-25% of all nosocomial infections. The main aims of this study were to audit the use of prophylactic antibiotic, to quantify the rate of post-operative wound infection, and to identify risk factors for its occurrence in general surgery.