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A Hospital-Based Prospective Study on Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Incidence of Surgical Site Infections in the Department of General Surgery

Raju Niraula*, Anuja Devkota

Health Care-Associated Infections (HAI) remain as an important public health concern. Among the distinguished HAIs, Surgical site Infections (SSL) contributing to significant increases of mortality and morbidity. Considerable prolongation in the length of hospitalization and added treatment expenses. Wound infections are the commonest hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients. Surgical site infection leads to increased hospital costs, prolonged hospital stays, compromised quality of life. Where appropriate antibiotics at the appropriate time lead to decreases postoperative infection. Moreover, this will reduce the misuse of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance. Almost 30%-50% of antibiotic in regular practice is used for prophylaxis before and after surgery. However, most of the antibiotics used in prophylaxis are not appropriate hence leading to resistance. Most of the time, the antibiotic is either given at the wrong time or continued for too long