Infección nosocomial y del sitio quirúrgico en un hospital de tercer nivel (2002-2005)

Abstract

Our nosocomial infection rates are lower than the published standard values. The main infection rate of the surgical sites present in the most complex surgical techniques, whereas Escherichia Coli is the most frecuently isolated ethiological agent. The surveillance of the infection of the surgical site and related factors permit to incorporate improvements in the clinical-surgical practice which will be an indicator of reference in subsequent analysis.

Surgical Site Infection in Surgery for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Comparison of Two Skin Antiseptics and Risk Factors

“…Spanish articles report infection rates ranging from 4% to 16% in open prostatectomies, which is similar to the 18% rate encountered in our series. However, when we compare the other European studies with ours, we find a much smaller percentage of men with a preoperative urinary catheter in foreign publications [15][16][17].…”