What does postoperative infection index mean?

Postoperative infection indicators can be simply understood as a series of examination indicators to diagnose whether patients have postoperative infection. Postoperative infection refers to a disease in which some parts or organs of the body show symptoms of infection after surgery. Common postoperative infections include wound infection, urinary tract infection and respiratory tract infection. Postoperative infection will not only bring pain and discomfort to patients, but also lead to the delay of surgical recovery or the risk of surgical failure. Therefore, it is very necessary to check the postoperative infection index.

The examination methods of postoperative infection indicators usually include blood routine examination, wound infection observation, imaging examination and so on. Blood test can observe whether there are infection symptoms in the body, including white blood cell count, C-reactive protein and so on. The observation of wound infection can observe whether there are symptoms such as redness and exudation at the surgical site; Imaging examination can check whether there is inflammation and infection in the body part after operation through chest film or CT. These examination methods can effectively eliminate the risk of postoperative infection and improve the success rate of surgery.

It is very important to prevent postoperative infection. The premise of prevention is adequate preparation before operation. It is important to take preoperative cleaning measures, including disinfection, hand washing and wearing clean surgical gowns and gloves. In addition, correct operation specifications must be followed in the operation process to reduce the possibility of environmental pollution of instruments. Patients themselves also need to keep healthy and avoid diseases such as respiratory tract, urinary tract and digestive tract, thus reducing the risk of postoperative infection. Prevention of postoperative infection requires the joint efforts of doctors and patients to achieve the best preventive effect.