Infección de la herida quirúrgica: Aspectos epidemiológicos

a bibliographic review on surgical wound infections and its epidemiological features was made, because of they remain as a significant problem for many hospital institutions. rate of surgical wound infection is one of more important indexes to establish the quality of surgical service due to its huge economical and health cost. this is provoked by lack of studies on hospital institutions to identify those factors increasing risk of infection of surgical wound, and also lack of postoperative surveillance methods after discharge, resulting in a sub-registry of incidence rates, and a inappropriate control of infections. from that we can deduce interest to know real incidence and comparison with figures obtained in other centers, that may be a reference to improve assistance practice.