Evaluation of postoperative infection rate of dental surgery in a public institution
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7308/aodontol/2020.56.e18Keywords:
Surgical wound infection, Infection control, Oral surgical procedures, Health managementAbstract
Aim: To evaluate the rate of infection and adverse events in the postoperative stage of dental surgeries in a public dental care institution between 2017 and 2018.
Methods: After performing the surgical procedures, a form was filled with data related to the patient and the surgery. Thirty days later, the patients were contacted via telephone, inquiring about the occurrence of adverse events (pain, discharge, bleeding, suture dehiscence) and antibiotic use. Descriptive data analysis (frequency and percentage distribution) and global infection rate were calculated.
Results: This study included 3,745 surgical procedures. The mean age of the patients was 42.7 years, with a slight predominance of males. The surgery clinic presented the highest concentration of executed surgical procedures (53.8%); the average annual incidence of postoperative adverse events was 1.7%; and pain was the most commonly reported adverse event (4.0%). Most patients (64.2%) received no type of antibiotic prescription (prophylactic, therapeutic, or both) and the postoperative infection rate presented a total average incidence of 1.1%.
Conclusion: The rates of adverse events and the infection of surgical sites were low, demonstrating that the service acts in a manner committed to the standards of biosafety, thus ensuring patient care.
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