Surgical Site Infections A Nursing Research Project

NURSING RESEARCH PROJECT SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI) NURSING RESEARCH PROJECT SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI)11 Running Head: NURSING RESEARCH PROJECT SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI) INTRODUCTION Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the leading type of infections among hospitalized patients. There are so many reasons why people go for surgery; it can be an emergency reasons or elective. According to Beaver, (2008) a primary concern in healthcare today is the prevention of infections. Careful handling of the surgical equipment reduces the chances of surgical site infections, for instance equipment sterilization and careful hand hygiene of surgical equipment. Postoperative surgical site infections according to Nichol (2001) remain a major source of illness in surgical patients. Beaver, (2008) point out that surgical infection is one of the side effects that occur after a patient has gone for surgery. 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