Surgical Site Infection in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Introduction: Surgical site infections [SSIs] are the Third most common nosocomial infections, According to National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance, patients who hospitalized account for 15 18 percent of all .increased mortality and morbidity rates associated with Surgery.
 wounds divided into four categories: clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated dirty wounds.
 Materials Methods: This was a retrospective study, done throughout two years period, from June 2018 May 2020 .785 underwent surgery in Dept. General Surgery Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Thandalam.
 Were taken as part this study. Elective surgical procedures were performed on 495 patients. And 290 hospital emergency treatment. An in-depth examination these cases conducted, taking date admission, clinical features, history, types [emergency or elective], pre-operative preparation, drain used, its type postoperative findings.
 Results: Site found 58 out 785 surgeries. In elective clean patients, overall SSI rate is 4.34 cases, whereas 12.41 percent. research, that prevalent infection superficial accounting 72.1 SSIs 61.11 deep 23.25 30.55 cases.
 Conclusion: The bacteria E. coli. Proteus mirabilis organism isolated wounds. A shift period antibiotics may even diminish occurrence. Pre-existing medical conditions like diabetes mellitus wound type, operation time, procedures, contamination had significant impact development infection.