ABSTRACT
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are preventable complications following surgery cause significant burden in terms of patient morbidity, mortality and increased cost of treatment. Very few studies have been published on the efficacy of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in the prevention of SSIs in our country and the practice is mostly not well established in our hospitals including DRRH.
Objective: To determine association between surgical antibiotic prophylaxis practices and occurrence of surgical site infections among operated surgical patients at DRRH.
Methodology: Prospective Cohort study was conducted at DRRH. 162 Operated patients with different trends of antibiotic prophylaxis were followed up for one month to assess for their risk of developing SSIs. Analysis of data was done by SPSS version 20 program using frequency tables, chi square test, Kaplan-meier methods. Significance level of < 0.05 was taken to establish associations between variables
KATO, P (2021). Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Practices And Occurrence Of Surgical Site Infections Among Operated Surgical Patients At Dodoma Region Referral Hospital, Tanzania. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/surgical-antibiotic-prophylaxis-practices-and-occurrence-of-surgical-site-infections-among-operated-surgical-patients-at-dodoma-region-referral-hospital-tanzania
KATO, PELEUS "Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Practices And Occurrence Of Surgical Site Infections Among Operated Surgical Patients At Dodoma Region Referral Hospital, Tanzania" Afribary. Afribary, 22 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/surgical-antibiotic-prophylaxis-practices-and-occurrence-of-surgical-site-infections-among-operated-surgical-patients-at-dodoma-region-referral-hospital-tanzania. Accessed 01 May. 2024.
KATO, PELEUS . "Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Practices And Occurrence Of Surgical Site Infections Among Operated Surgical Patients At Dodoma Region Referral Hospital, Tanzania". Afribary, Afribary, 22 Apr. 2021. Web. 01 May. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/surgical-antibiotic-prophylaxis-practices-and-occurrence-of-surgical-site-infections-among-operated-surgical-patients-at-dodoma-region-referral-hospital-tanzania >.
KATO, PELEUS . "Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Practices And Occurrence Of Surgical Site Infections Among Operated Surgical Patients At Dodoma Region Referral Hospital, Tanzania" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 01, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/surgical-antibiotic-prophylaxis-practices-and-occurrence-of-surgical-site-infections-among-operated-surgical-patients-at-dodoma-region-referral-hospital-tanzania