1. Incidence of surgical site infections in pediatric patients: a 3-month prospective study in an academic pediatric surgical unit.
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Uludag O, Rieu P, Niessen M, and Voss A
- Subjects
- Ambulatory Surgical Procedures statistics & numerical data, Antibiotic Prophylaxis statistics & numerical data, Child, Elective Surgical Procedures statistics & numerical data, Emergencies, Female, Hospitals, University, Humans, Incidence, Inpatients statistics & numerical data, Male, Netherlands epidemiology, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, Surgical Wound Infection classification, Surgical Wound Infection prevention & control, Time Factors, Infection Control, Surgical Wound Infection epidemiology, Surgical Wound Infection etiology
- Abstract
During a 3-month period 259 pediatric surgical procedures in 236 patients were followed for the development of surgical site infections (SSI): 17 sites became infected, an overall infection rate of 6.6%. The incidence in our study was therefore higher than expected. As expected, the infection rate increased according to wound contamination: dirty sites had a SSI rate of 30%. Emergency procedures, operation duration over 1 h, and inpatients showed a statistically significant higher risk of developing SSI. Although there were differences between males and females, individual surgeons, and the use of antibiotic prophylaxis, these differences were not statistically significant.
- Published
- 2000
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