Electronic Monitoring System for Surgical Site Infections

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Brief Summary: Development and validation of an Electronic Surveillance System for the Surgical Site Infections developing during hospital stay and after discharge

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

All patients undergoing the surgery and who are willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Immunodeficiency patients and patients with prior surgery.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess the prevalence of SSIs	During the patient stay in hospital daily monitoring of laboratory reports will be done. \| Post-discharge data will be gathered by telephone and postal questionnaires \| At 30th day (first time), 60 days (second time), 6 months (third time) and 12 months (final follow-up in case of implant surgery) after the operation.
To determine the pathogens causing SSIs	During the patient stay in hospital daily monitoring of laboratory reports will be done. \| Post-discharge data will be gathered by telephone and postal questionnaires \| At 30th day (first time), 60 days (second time), 6 months (third time) and 12 months (final follow-up in case of implant surgery) after the operation.
To validate the electronic Surveillance System	During the patient stay in hospital daily monitoring of laboratory reports will be done. \| Post-discharge data will be gathered by telephone and postal questionnaires \| At 30th day (first time), 60 days (second time), 6 months (third time) and 12 months (final follow-up in case of implant surgery) after the operation.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
post discharge data	At 30th day (first time), 60 days (second time), 6 months (third time) and 12 months (final follow-up in case of implant surgery) after the operation.

Locations (1): Kasturba Hospital
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Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Kasturba Hospital
🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Dr Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay
Principal investigator
9845513057
chiranjay.m@manipal.edu