Efectividad del manejo de heridas contaminadas y sucias con drenaje tubular espirativo en tejido celular subcutáneo en el servicio de cirugía general hospital IESS Riobamba, agosto 2013 – julio 2014

Abstract

The prevention of surgical infection is a constant concern of the health team. Thus, a descriptive, prospective, transversal and quasi-experimental reserch was carried out with the puerpose of: Identifying the effectiveness of management of contaminated and dirty wounds with aspiration tubular drainage in subcutaneous cellular tissue in patients of Surgery General Hospital IESS Riobamba, August 2013 - July 2014.

Patient information was obtained during the hospitalization and monitoring through medical records in the AS-400 system of IESS Hospital of Riobamba. The information was collected on a sheet designed in EXCEL for analysis and statistical interpretation on software JMP.

A total of 144 patients were analized in which aspiration tubular drainage in cellular tissue was used, 4% of these were infected, whike 96% were not infected, considering a favorable evolution for most patients. It is concluded that the study showed that this type of drainage is effective as a phophylactic measure to prevent surgical wound infection.

Statistical analysis shows that the hospitalization time had an arithmetic averege of four days and mode of two days, allowing the patient´s prompt recovery and the family and social evironment integration.