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Name | Study of hospital acquired infection in orthopaedic cases |
Description | Original article:- Orthopaedics Anil Salgia, Tushar Agarwal, Sahil Sanghi, Rahul Bagul, Yuvraj & Harshit. Department of Orthopaedics, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune - 411 018, Maharashatra, India.
Abstract:- Background: - Hospital Acquired Infection defined as infections not present at the time of admission but occurs within hours (clinically evident after 48 hrs) after admission or surgery in a surgical set – up. Aim: - Study the organism and rate of infection in post- op cases. Setting and design: - Department of orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Hospital Pune carried a prospective study Material and methods: - Prospective study of 300 post -operative patients was carried out. (14)Patients having discharge on post – operative dressing. 9 cases had discharge from which organism were isolated. Culture and Sensitivity test was done by differential and selective and gram staining. Stastical analysis: - Out of 14 cases, 5 were sterile and 9 were positive (3%). Common organism were Staphylococcus aureus, E.coli ,Klebsiella, Pseudomonas. 4(44.4 %) cases showed Staphylococcus aureus 1(11.11 %) case showed E.coli 2(22.22 %) case showed Klebsiella 1(11.11 %) case showed Pseudomonas 1(11.11 %) case showed mixed (Proteus mirabilis, Streptococcus, Hemolytic Streptococcus). Results: - Post –operative infection rate was 3.0 %. 9 cases were controlled by suitable antibiotic and 2 cases required surgical debribment and implant removal. Commonest organism found were Staphylococcus aureus , E.coli , Klebsiella , Pseudomonas. Conclusion: - Post –operative infection rate was 3.0 %, Infections rate was within limits as given by Centre for Disease Control (CDS) i.e. incidence of 30.2 patients per 1000 patients (3.02 %).
Keywords:-Post–operative,incidence,infections,orthopedics.
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