A STUDY OF DEMOGRAPHIC PERSONNEL CAPACITY SEEN IN SOME CLEAN ORTHOPAEDIC WOUNDS SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS PROCEDURES
Journal Title: World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: One thousand and ninety-one (1,091) different personnel participated in the clean orthopaedic surgical site infection study at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, between December 2013 to May 2016. Their contribution strongly affected the outcome of the study in terms of the host, bacteria and environment. Furthermore, Seventy-five participants were recruited for the study but only three (4%) of them had surgical site infection (SSI) while seventy-two did not develop SSI. The groups’ personnel capacity is shown in this study. Method: The personnel were divided into different categories with respect to their specialization/job duties, age and sex. The groups were associated to their physical duties carried out at different sections of the hospital environments, such as, operation theatre, theatre operation tables and hospital ward. Results: Seventy-five participants were recruited for the study but only three (4%) had surgical site infection. Among the seventy-five subjects, forty – four (58.7%) was male and 31 (41.3%) female. Their age ranged from a year old (1 yr) infant to an eighty year old (80 yr) woman. The mean age of participants was 35.82 ± 0.48 (standard error of mean) for male and 43.65 ± 0.47 for female, with most of the subjects within the age range of twenty one and forty. The majority of the subjects were between the age group of twenty one to forty. Three (4%) out of the seventy – five subjects had post – operative surgical site infection and two (66.67 %) of them being male and one (33.33 %) female. Conclusion: The study showed that a high number of personnel were involved in the procedures and thus suggests possibility of contamination in the theatre and the wards.
Authors and Affiliations
Professor Kwashie Ajibade Ako-Nai
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP675387
- DOI -
- Views 178
- Downloads 0
THE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PLASMA GLUCOSE AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS LEVELS IN SUDANESE WOMEN AND THEIR NEONATES
Essential fatty acids are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) which are not synthesize in body and should be provided in diets. The aims of our research is to estimate the correlation between the saturated, N -3 and N-6 f...
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, PRACTICES AMONG SANITARY WORKERS REGARDING WASTE DISPOSAL AT NISHTER HOSPITAL MULTAN
Background: Biomedical waste collection and proper disposal has become a significant concern for both the medical and general community. Effective management of biomedical waste is not only a necessity but also a social...
SCREENING AND ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF TWO MEDICINAL PLANTS MYRICA SALICIFOLIA AND PSYCHOTRIA PALUSTRIS CONSUMED BY APES FOR AUTOMEDICATION IN KAHUZI-BIEGA NATIONAL PARK
In Kahuzi-Biega National Park, great apes are frequently affected by helminthic diseases as observed in their dungs. To understand the auto-medication mechanisms of two plants ingested by great apes (Myrica salicifolia a...
A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF SOME AYURVEDIC DRUGS IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIVE HEPATITIS (KAMALA)
Recent WHO data indicates hepatitis now along with malaria as the fourth most common cause of death from infectious diseases in the world. Among the infectious hepatitis most common are Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E & G are th...
REVIEW OF NISHA AMALAKI –AN AYURVEDIC FORMULATION OF TURMERIC AND INDIAN GOOSE BERRY IN DIABETES
Introduction- Nishamalaki or Nisha Amalaki representing various combination formulations of Turmeric (Nisha, Haridra, Curcuma longa L.) and Indian gooseberry (Amalaki, Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) is recommended in Ayurv...