Infection control and prevention are critical components to improving health outcomes and bringing down healthcare costs. Surgical-site infections (SSIs), the most frequently reported healthcare-associated infection (HAI), are associated with patient morbidity and mortality. SSIs affect between 2% and 5% of inpatient surgery patients.
A 2014 study suggests that SSIs account for an excess of up to $3.5 billion in healthcare expenditures per year. Classifications of surgical procedures A study done by Cruse and Foord from Alberta-Canada in 1980 classified the surgical wounds according to bacterial contamination into Clean (2%) Non-infective surgical wounds in which no inflammation is encountered, and neither the respiratory, alimentary, genitourinary tract nor the oro-pharyngeal cavity is entered. In addition these cases are elective, primarily closed, and drained with closed drainage…
