• Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mianyang 404 Hospital (Second Affiliated Hopsital of North Sichuan Medical College), Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, P. R. China;
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Objective To probe into the risk factors for postoperative surgical site infections in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and put forward correspondent preventive and treatment measures. Method A total of 360 patients who underwent operations between February 2011 and March 2013 were the study subjects. The age, sex, basic diseases, surgical time, hospitalization time, surgical implants, and incision category were recorded carefully, and were analyzed for their correlation with surgical site infections. Results There were 27 cases of surgical site infections with an infection rate of 7.50%. Age, hospitalization time, surgical time, basic diseases, surgical implants and incision category were risk factors for surgical site infections (P<0.05). Conclusions Based on the analysis of risk factors for surgical site infections, we can help patients recover as early as possible by taking preventive measures beforehand.

Citation: WANGBo. Analysis of Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection and Its Countermeasures in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. West China Medical Journal, 2015, 30(12): 2258-2261. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20150647 Copy

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