Introduction. A patient submitted to a surgical procedure is at a high risk of an infection which might additionally worsen his or her health condition. Such infection may cause plenty of negative consequences, such as patient‘s health deterioration, which prolongs his or her hospital stay or even death. It can also cause a patient‘s negative opinion about hospital care he or she has received and, what is more, it increases the cost of treatment.
Aim. The aim of the article is the epidemiological situation analysis of a patient submitted to a surgical procedure which was done from an angle of the sources of mid-surgical infections. Specific aims: a patient related elements causing epidemiological risk; hospital staff related elements causing epidemiological risk; specific character of an operating theatre procedures related elements causing epidemiological risk.
Methods. Literature analysis – review paper.
Conclusions. 1) the infections, which have their source in an operating theatre, may result from various reasons; 2) the cause of an infection might be a human factor (patient, staff) but also organisational factors; 3) a substantial cause of an infection might be ineffective procedures, lack of knowledge of the procedures or simply not observing them by the hospital staff.
