ABSTRACT
Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the common causes of hospital-acquired infections, leading to high morbidity and mortality. SSIs contribute mainly about the increased health care costs in terms of prolonged hospital stay and lost work days. The infections are different in different areas and largely neglected in our area. It is very important to document and notify the incidence of SSI, which will help in proper categorization and surveillance of the patients, helps to identify the type of patients susceptible for wound infections. Aims and Objectives: To estimate the incidence, study bacteriology, and the factors associated with the occurrence of SSI in the study setting. Materials and Methods: The present prospective study was conducted in the surgical wards of MNR Medical College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Medak District, Telangana, India. Clinico-bacteriological follow-up of 100 post-operative cases to the development of SSI, as per the Center for Disease Prevention and Control criteria (1991). Incidence was expressed as the infection rate per 100 operations. Bacteriology was documented by sending pus for analysis. Association was tested by applying the Student’s t-test and the Chi-square test of significance. P < 0.05 was considered as significant. Results: The SSI rate was estimated to be 8% for clean, 58.3% for clean-contaminated, 85% for contaminated operations, and 66.6% for dirty cases. 38.46% of the isolates were Escherichia coli. Conclusion: The study emphasizes the need for the evidence-based infection control and to identify the patients susceptible for wound infection which helps in reducing the hospital stay and reduces hospital cost.
ABSTRACT
Ethnobotanical surveys were conducted in four different indigenous groups in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh. The herbal practitioners in the study area were interviewed and information on medicinal plants was collected from the traditional healers called Vaidyars. This survey covers 96 medicinal plants belonging to 44 families that are used for the treatment of various diseases in a traditional way. Traditional approach was evaluated scientifically with some selected plant extracts to cure many diseases. Several plant extracts like Gymnema sylvestre, Syzygium cumini, Tephrosia purpurea have proved their efficiency in treating many diseases like Diabetes mellitus and skin diseases. The present survey provides the information about various medicinal plants which were not recognized for their medicinal value. These plants are the natural remedies for treating many of the diseases This survey provided information about 96 plants with medicinal properties. This survey had been performed on the plants commonly used by the indigenous people for treating various diseases they had been encountering. All the information gathered from the indigenous people and the herbal practitioners helped to bring several medicinal plants to limelight which on further proceedings proves their therapeutic properties.