ABSTRACT
Background: Surgical site infection is frustrating for the care team and depressing for the patient. Objective: To
determine the epidemiological aspects of surgical site infections in regional hospital, Borgou. Methods: The study
was crossed with prospective data collection. Recruitment was done for six months (from February 2013 to July 2013),
each patient operated in both surgical services (general surgery and maternity) consents to be followed for one month
or year. The surgical site infection was defined according to the CDC/NHSN 2009. Results: The frequency of surgical
site infections was 7.3% (44/603). The mean age was 30.7 ± 15.8 years with minimum and maximum of 5 months and
70 years, respectively. They were significantly (p<0.05) more common in general surgery than that of maternity and
visceral surgery and obstetrics were more concerned (14/44 each); the median time to SSI onset was 7.8 ± 3.8 days.
The deep incisional infection was the most frequent (34/44). The most encountered organism was Escherichia coli
(64.7%); multidrug resistance was 41.2%. The healing time averaged 30.5 ± 13.8 days with minimum and maximum
of 20 and 92 days. Conclusion: Monitoring measures must be taken to reduce surgical site infection at the Regional
Hospital Centre of Borgou.Background: Surgical site infection is frustrating for the care team and depressing for the patient. Objective: To
determine the epidemiological aspects of surgical site infections in regional hospital, Borgou. Methods: The study
was crossed with prospective data collection. Recruitment was done for six months (from February 2013 to July 2013),
each patient operated in both surgical services (general surgery and maternity) consents to be followed for one month
or year. The surgical site infection was defined according to the CDC/NHSN 2009. Results: The frequency of surgical
site infections was 7.3% (44/603). The mean age was 30.7 ± 15.8 years with minimum and maximum of 5 months and
70 years, respectively. They were significantly (p<0.05) more common in general surgery than that of maternity and
visceral surgery and obstetrics were more concerned (14/44 each); the median time to SSI onset was 7.8 ± 3.8 days.
The deep incisional infection was the most frequent (34/44). The most encountered organism was Escherichia coli
(64.7%); multidrug resistance was 41.2%. The healing time averaged 30.5 ± 13.8 days with minimum and maximum
of 20 and 92 days. Conclusion: Monitoring measures must be taken to reduce surgical site infection at the Regional
Hospital Centre of Borgou
