Factors Affecting the Incidence of Surgical Injury Infection

Abstract

This study analyzes the factors that influence the incidence of surgical wound infections. Wound healing can be seen from the presence or absence of infection in the wound with the characteristics of heat, dolor, rubor, and tumor. There are several factors that can affect the risk of wound infection. The first factor is the virulence of microorganisms that cause contamination is the level of pathogenicity as measured by the number of organisms needed to cause disease at a certain period of time, causing contamination. The second factor is contamination of the wound if the wound is contaminated with bacteria. The third factor is antibiotics for prophylaxis, namely to reduce the incidence of infection, and host resistance to infections caused by age. The fourth factor is chronic infection that already exists. Post-caesarean wound care is an evacuation of all coagulation, seroma and treating infections that cause it.