Prevention and control of infection in traumatic orthopedic surgery

Objective To study prevention and control of infection in traumatic orthopedic surgery and to explore the clinical effect of reducing the risk of infection after taking intervention measures.Methods 120 patients undergoing traumatic orthopedic surgery were randomly divided into intervention group ( 62 patients ) and control group ( 58 patients ).The control group received conventional methods for controlling infection,while the intervention group received prospective intervention measures in addition to conventional methods.Results The rate of patients without postoperative infection differed significantly between the intervention group and the control group ( 0％ vs.8.6％,P＜ 0.05 ).There was a significant difference between the control group and the intervention group in length of hospital stay [( 28.29 ± 9.7 ) vs.( 21.54 ± 8.9 ),P ＜ 0.05].Conclusions We should focus on the risk factors of infection caused by traumatic orthopedic surgery.Active intervention measures can effectively reduce the rate of infection and shorten length of hospital stay.It is worth popularizing clinically. Key words: Department of orthopedics;  Infection of surgical sites;  Risk factors;  Infection prevention