Risk factors for surgical site infection in children at the teaching hospital Gabriel Touré, Bamako.

Authors :: Togo A
Coulibaly Y
Dembélé BT
Togo B
Keita M
Kanté L
Traoré A
Diakité I
Ouologuem H
Diallo G
Source :: The Journal of hospital infection [J Hosp Infect] 2011 Dec; Vol. 79 (4), pp. 371-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Sep 25.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: A six-month prospective surveillance study of postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs) was undertaken between January and June 2010 in paediatric patients aged <15 years, in the University Hospital Gabriel Touré, Mali. SSI was documented in 43 out of 352 children (12.2%). SSIs were significantly more common after emergency operations, in patients with a National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System (NNISS) score of 2 or 3, and in patients operated on by trainee rather than by experienced surgeons. Children with anaemia or malnutrition were significantly more likely to develop infection postoperatively. Patients' sex, duration of preoperative stay and the number of patients in the hospital room were not considered as risk factors for infection (P>0.05).<br /> (Copyright © 2011 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Adolescent
Anemia complications
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mali epidemiology
Malnutrition complications
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Surgical Wound Infection epidemiology

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