Abstract

A STUDY ON THE POSSIBLE SOURCES OF HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PATHOGENS LEADING TO CAESAREAN WOUND INFECTION IN TIKRIT TEACHING HOSPITAL, IRAQ

*Mohemid Maddallah Al-Jebouri, Hana Salman Al-Bayati

ABSTRACT

Background: Hospital-acquired infections are infections usually develop after 48 h of admission .to a hospital Surgical site infections of caesarean section are among the most common healthcare. Caesarean sections are the most frequently performed surgical operations all over the world. The present attempt was a prospective study which was carried out to determine the incidence of post-caesarean infections in Tikrit teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: The samples collected from patients, hospital staff, hospital environment and in-use disinfectant were transported to laboratory within one hour and processed for isolation and identification of pathogens associated with these samples. Results: The present study revealed that S. aureus was the commonest organism isolated from the patient’s different sites and its frequency of isolation was 17.8%. The present study showed that the nurse uniforms were highly contaminated with S. aureus and Ps. aeruginosa and the frequency of their isolation was 17.5 and 12.5% respectively. P. aeruginosa was the most common organism contaminated hospital environment and the frequency of its isolation from the hospital floor was 21.7%. Conclusions: The analysis included 95% confidence intervals for the total prevalence of each bacterial type. The exponential decay curve a decreasing trend in sample proportion as bacterial count increases. above models the percentage of urine samples (from 100 patients) as a function of bacterial Total Viable Count (TVC/ml). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the P-values of the present programmed demonstrated highly significant differences for all bacteria suggesting a variation in prevalence with sites.

Keywords: caesarean section, cross-infection, bacteria, Tikrit hospital, Iraq.