Objective:

To assess surgical site infections in orthopedic surgeries at a public reference hospital.

Materials and method:

Descriptive, quantitative and retrospective study, with data from 2,870 patients who underwent orthopedic surgery, where 60 patient records showed the development of surgical site infection. Data collection took place from January 2015 to December 2019 in a reference hospital in the city of Santarém, Pará, Brazil. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results:

The male gender prevailed among the individuals in the sample (65.7%) and in the patients with surgical site infections (70%). The mean age of the sample was 44.6 ± 19.1 years and for patients with surgical site infections 46.2 ± 19.7 years. A 2.1% frequency of surgical site infection was identified. The risk factors associated with surgical site infection were: surgery duration, the use of an implant, the number of fractures, and the use of hip prostheses or others. The microbiological profile was composed by Staphylococcus aureus (35.1%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (13.5%), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (13.5%).

Conclusions:

In orthopedic surgeries, the health team must be aware of surgical site infections in male, elderly and single patients, with elementary education, as well as in surgeries with a long duration, in the presence of an implant, a high number of fractures, and with the use of prostheses.

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