PREVENT DOWNSIDE

3. O.T. WORK ENVIORMENT
Surgical intervention is one reason for hospital admission.
Planned surgery has less risk of infection,
However emergency surgery, because of urgency has a higher risk.

SOURCE OF INFECTION

3.1 Infection will occur unless high standards of
-Preoperative (skin prep,scrubbing,asepsis.)
-Intra-operative, and
-Postoperative rules are observed in the care
of instruments and patients.

- The occurrence of post operative infection, and cross-infection will rise, if rules asepsis are not observed,
Resulting in anything from minor irritation, to a major
disaster (SEPTICEMIA, DIC.and SHOCK).
Standard rules, and procedures need to be defined, by hospital Director/Infection Control Committees, and observed by the surgical teams.
3.2 Most cases of infection can be avoided by:
- Careful aseptic technique.
- Attention to rules, and procedures, for sterilization of
instruments and dressings.
- Today in addition to problems of common bacterial pathogens,
surgeons, are having to address the problems of viral agents
Such as Hepatitis B, C. and HIV infection, these are prevalent in the population, and have very serious LONG TERM consequences for hospital staff/other patients if transmission occurs.
- Infection is not always a problem of patients infecting doctors
and other patients an
- INFECTED SURGEON, or a MEMBER of his team, can infect the patient. It is therefore important, that all members of the surgical team be aware of the potential DANGER of personal infection, and to know how to avoid infection, and treat them. and
Not to take part in OT duties till the infection has cleared.
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