Economical saving due to prophylaxis in the prevention of surgical wound infection

✍ Scribed by M. Fernandez Arjona; R. Herruzo Cabrera; F. Gomez-Sancha; S. Nieto; J. Rey Calero

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 468 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0393-2990
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00143996

✦ Synopsis

The objective was to know the principal risk factors that influence in the development of surgical would infection, and the economical saving achieved with the control of a single variable, that is, right prophylaxis. A prospective study was carried out at the Traumatology Department of La Paz Hospital. A total of 5260 patients operated during 1990-1993 are included. Active epidemiological surveillance was used to check patients; logistic regression was used in the multivariant analysis. The principal risk factors found were: immunodeficiency (OR = 8.67), incorrect healing (OR ~-14.42), reoperated patient (patients who needed more than one