EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS, PESHAWAR

Abstract

Surgical site infection is a significant hazard for the patient which can cause the post-surgical procedure, the surgical site infection causes are old age, smoking, diabetes, poor wound care and the prolong hospital stay. A cross sectional study was conducted from the patients among 60 patients in the various hospitals in Peshawar. Our study founded that 33.3%(20 persons) patients developed surgical site infection due to old age of the patients, long hospital stay ,smoking, diabetes and less wound care. Surgical site infection effected both male and female. According to our study advance age patients were more near to surgical site infection with high frequency whose  age were 46 years  to 60 years 10 patients(50%) developed surgical site infection. As found that hospital stay is also one of the cause of SSIs the patients who did stay, from the 31 days to 45 days are 9 patents (45%). From results smoking is another cause of SSIs that 8 (40%) were smokers. The other cause of surgical site infection was diabetes so when a patient have diabetes so the risk of surgical site infection is more as compare to the other causes of SSIs. According to finding 9 patients (45%) were diabetic patients who developed surgical site infection.  We found that 7 patients (35%) who developed the surgical site infection because of lack or poor wound care.  In the other side according to our study the main causes of surgical site infections are age, smoking, diabetes, improper wound care and the prolong hospital stay these are the causes of surgical site infection. The study highlighted that to arrange training for health care worker to short surgery duration. Similarly short hospital stay, sterile environment and the proper wound care decrease the rate of surgical site infection.