Prevalence of SSI in Post Operative Patients in Tertiary Health Care Hospital: Prevalence of SSI in Post Operative Patients in Tertiary Health Care Hospital

Pranay Shah; M M Vegad; Binda Pipaliya; Sumeeta Soni; Aarushi Agrawal; Anokhi Goswami

Authors

Pranay Shah
M M Vegad
Binda Pipaliya
Sumeeta Soni
Aarushi Agrawal
Anokhi Goswami

Keywords:

SSI, Nosocomial infection

Abstract

Aim & Objective: To find out the prevalence of SSI in patients post operatively in tertiary health care hospital. Methods: This study was conducted from June 2016 to October 2016. 891 samples of Surgical site swab were evaluated for bacterial growth. As a part of active surveillance of health care associated infection all the post operative cases are clinically evaluated for the diagnosis of SSI by the Infection Control Team, Civil Hospital Ahmedabad. For the suspected case of SSI, the swab specimen were send to bacteriological section Microbiology Department BJMC, Civil Hospital Ahmedabad . Methods used for bacterial identification were Grams stain, culture media and biochemical reactions. Antibiotic susceptibility using modified Kirby Bauer disc diffusion as per current CLSI guidelines. Result: Out of 891 samples Tested 675 were culture positive. Pseudomonas being the most common isolate (32%) followed by E.coli (25%) and Klebsiella pneumonia(19%). The rate of SSI is 4.4.The rate is high in emergency cases & higher among contaminated surgeries. Conclusion: This study provides information regarding prevalence and microbiological profile in patients with SSI post operatively in tertiary health care hospital. With increasing resistance to available antibiotics in microbes causing nosocomial infections, identification of pathogen and susceptibility pattern are the need of hour and thus very important. [Binda P NJIRM 2017; 8(2):84-87]

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Prevalence of SSI in Post Operative Patients in Tertiary Health Care Hospital