Publication:

Exploration of epidemiologic profile and strategic prevention framework for surgical site infection rates in a tertiary care hospital of Bhopal city

Background Post-operative surgical site infections are deadlock for any successful surgery. This exigency triggers draining of extra resources for management of the quagmire.

Methods This prospective direct surveillance study based on incidence design was undertaken to gauge and estimate the nature of propensity of various surgical site infections in a tertiary care hospital over a period of twelve months.

Results Calculated cumulative SSI rate for the year 2016 was found to be 4.32%.

Conclusions It was concluded that a multidisciplinary approach integrating periodic training sessions on infection control, checklists based routine surveillance & following some benchmark etc. are the linchpin in controlling hospital acquired infections including surgical site infection rates in any clinical setting.