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  • Title: Infections in the surgical departments of a teaching hospital in Jerusalem.
    Author: Simchen E, Michel J, Epstein LM, Sacks TG.
    Journal: Isr J Med Sci; 1976 Jun; 12(6):573-82. PubMed ID: 783080.
    Abstract:
    Surveillance of hospital-associated infections at the Hadassah University Hospital has been carried out since 1970. Criteria for infection were defined and were monitored by trained nurse-epidemiologists, with the cooperation of the surgical staff. This report deals with the results of a prospective study of infections present on admission, and those acquired during hospitalization, in six surgical departments between January 1972 and June 1973. Of the 7,339 patients discharged, 7.5% acquired an infection in hospital, while 10.6% were admitted with an infection. Several important factors appeared to increase the risk of acquiring an infection in hospital. These include advanced age, certain surgical procedures, such as gallbladder and small and large bowel operations, and the presence of infection on admission. Most of the latter occurred at the site of the proposed operation, and thus increased the risk of development of postoperative wound infection.
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