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- Title
Infection Rate at Obstetrics And Gynecology Ward of Tertiary care Hospital.
- Authors
Parikh, Rajani; Parmar, Hetali; Desai, Kairavi; Kanabar, Vishwa
- Abstract
Introduction: Nosocomial infections are infections occurring after patients get admitted in hospitals. The common nosocomial infections being surgical site infections(SSI), urinary tract infections(UTI), upper urespiratory tract infections(URTI), thrombophlebitis (IV line) and systemic infection with positive blood culture (blood) Method: This study was conducted in Obstetrics And Gynaecology Department Of Government Medical College, Bhavnagar From January 2015 To December 2015 to determine the incidence of surgical site infections and associated infections and the pathogens responsible for it. It is a retrospective descriptive study as data were collected from case papers, registers etc. Result: The surgical site infection rate in our study in obstretic ward was 5.5% in cases of LSCS and 0.3% in episiotomy case and in gynaec ward was 2.5% in cases of Abdominal hysterectomy and 0.6% in cases vaginal hysterectomy. The common associated infection in obstetrics ward was UTI: 1.39%, IV line 0.27%, Blood 0.08% and URTI 0.14% while in gyneac ward, UTI: 1.26%, IV line 0.96%, Blood 0% and URTI 0.11%.
- Subjects
NOSOCOMIAL infections; TERTIARY care; GYNECOLOGY; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 4, p62
- ISSN
2230-9969
- Publication type
Article