Risk Factors of Surgical Wound Infection among Patients in Department of General Surgery / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To study the risk factors of surgical wound infection among patients in department of general surgery.METHODS The factors on surgical wound infection were investigted by retrospective study.RESULTS The surgical wound infection rate was 4.26%in department of general surgery in our hospital,the infection rate in type Ⅰ operation was 0.80%,and the infection rate in types Ⅱ and Ⅲ was 7.03%.Gender,age,obesity,diabetes,classification of incision,character of operation and operation time were the risk factors of surgical wound infection among patients in department of general surgery.CONCLUSIONS Strengthening monitor and regulation of risk factors can degrade surgical wound infection rate.