Title

Cross-sectional study on surgical site infections and adherence to intraoperative sterile protocols

Authors

Naveenkumar Viswanathan¹, Namratha Sivaprasad Dasamantha², Kaushik Nattamai Rameshbabu³, Ajeet Saoji⁴, Naveen Javari Thirumalapura Javarashetty^5,* & Keerthika Muniasamy⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of General Surgery, Prince Charles Hospital, CWM TAF Morgannwg University Health Board, Wales, UK; ²Department of Nephrology, Nanavati Max Superspeciality Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; ³Department Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁴Department of Community Medicine, N. K. P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre And Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Digdoh, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India; ⁵Department of General Surgery, JP Hospitals Hyderabad, Telangana, India; ⁶Department of Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Naveenkumar Viswanathan - E-mail: drnaveenviswanath@gmail.com
Namratha Sivaprasad Dasamantha - E-mail: namrathaspd@gmail.com
Kaushik Nattamai Rameshbab - E-mail: nrkaushik2000@gmail.com
Ajeet Saoji - E-mail: saojiajeet@gmail.com
Naveen Javari Thirumalapura Javarashetty - E-mail: Javari.navi92@gmail.com
Keerthika Muniasamy - E-mail: keerthimmc23@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 31, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

Despite advancements in surgical care, surgical site infections (SSIs) continue to contribute significantly to postoperative morbidity. Hence, we evaluated 150 surgical cases over six months at a tertiary care center to assess SSI prevalence and intraoperative sterile practice adherence. An overall SSI rate of 12.7% was noted, predominantly in gastrointestinal and emergency surgeries. Key contributing factors included prolonged operation time, inadequate sterilization, and poor adherence to sterile protocols. The findings underscore the need for stringent infection control practices to reduce SSIs and improve surgical outcomes.

Keywords

Surgical site infections, intraoperative protocols, infection control, sterility, surgical outcomes, cross-sectional study

Citation

Viswanathan et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1623-1626 (2025)

Edited by

A Prashanth

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.