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ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
IN SURGICAL SITE INFECTION PREVENTION
Lailil Indah SeftianiBekasi City General Hospital
Abstract- Surgical sit i!"cti#! $SSI% is #! #" t&
'#st c#''#! c#'(licati#!s #" surgr) i! b#t&
a*ults a!* c&il*r!+ T& (ur(#s #" t& (rs!t
r,i is t# &ig&lig&t t& (r#grss i! t&
u!*rsta!*i!g #" SSIs a!* t& r#l #"
a!ti'icr#bial (r#(&)la.is $A/P%+
0)#r*s1 Surgical sit i!"cti#!2 a!tibi#tic
(r#(&)la.is
I. INTRODUCTION
Suri!al site infe!tions "SSIs# are defined as
infe!tions o!!urrin up to $% days after surery "or
up to one year after surery in patients re!ei&ini'plants# and affe!tin either the in!ision or deep
tissue at the operation site. Despite i'pro&e'ents in
pre&ention( SSIs re'ain a sinifi!ant !lini!al pro)le'
as they are asso!iated *ith su)stantial 'ortality and
'or)idity and i'pose se&ere de'ands on health!areresour!es. The in!iden!e of SSIs 'ay )e as hih as
+%,( dependin on the suri!al pro!edure( the
sur&eillan!e !riteria used( and the -uality of data!olle!tion. In 'any SSIs( the responsi)le pathoens
oriinate fro' the patients endoenous flora. The!ausati&e pathoens depend on the type of surery/
the 'ost !o''only isolated oranis's are
Staphylo!o!!us aureus( !oaulase0neati&e
staphylo!o!!i( 1ntero!o!!us spp. and 1s!heri!hia
!oli. Nu'erous patient0related and pro!edure0related
fa!tors influen!e the risk of SSI( and hen!e
pre&ention re-uires a )undle approa!h( *ith
syste'ati! attention to 'ultiple risk fa!tors( in orderto redu!e the risk of )a!terial !onta'ination and
i'pro&e the patients defen!es. The Centers for
Disease Control and 2re&ention uidelines for the
pre&ention of SSIs e'phasise the i'portan!e of ood
patient preparation( asepti! pra!ti!e( and attention to
suri!al te!hni-ue/ anti'i!ro)ial prophyla3is is also
indi!ated in spe!ifi! !ir!u'stan!es.3
II. SURGIC4L SIT1 IN51CTION
4"i!iti#!
4 *ound is defined )y the Center for Disease
Control "CDC# as an interruption or )reak in the
!ontinuity of the e3ternal surfa!e of the )ody or the
surfa!e of an internal oran( !aused )y suri!al orother for's of in6ury or trau'a. Suri!al site
infe!tion is a type of health!are0asso!iated infe!tion
in *hi!h a *ound infe!tion o!!urs after an in&asi&e
"suri!al# pro!edure. 4n SSI is dianosed )y a
!onstellation of !lini!al findins o!!urrin *ithin $%
days of surery. 4 suri!al site infe!tion "SSI# is
!lini!ally defined as presen!e of pain at a suri!ally
!reated *ound( *hi!h is a!!o'panied )y erythe'a(induration and lo!al tenderness or presen!e of
purulent dis!hare at *ound site.5
Sur,illa!c
In +%7%( an esti'ated 78 'illion operati&e pro!edures *ere perfor'ed in a!ute !are hospitals in
the United States. 4 re!ent pre&alen!e study found
that SSIs *ere the 'ost !o''on health!are0asso!iated infe!tion( a!!ountin for $7, of all H4Is
a'on hospitali9ed patients. NHSN data for +%%80+%%: "78(7;< SSIs follo*in :;=(8>= operati&e
pro!edures# sho*ed an o&erall SSI rate of 7.=,. SSI
is asso!iated *ith a 'ortality rate of $,(and <>, of
SSI0asso!iated deaths are dire!tly attri)uta)le to the
SSI.6
7#u!* status
?ound !hara!teristi!s *hi!h in!rease the risk of
SSI in!lude( presen!e of forein )odies( non&ia)le
tissue in *ound( tissue is!he'ia and hae'ato'a
for'ation. 4ll of these !hara!teristi!s pro&ide a
fruitful )a!terial ro*in en&iron'ent. Other fa!tors
kno*n to pro'ote SSIs are a proloned preoperati&e
hospital stay "sin!e there is a ro*in opportunity for
the skin to )e !oloni9ed )y pathoens#( a lon
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operation ti'e "as it pro)a)ly in!reases the e3tent of
)oth tissue trau'a and !onta'ination#( and poor
suri!al te!hni-ues "see )elo*#.
The risk of SSI &aries *ith the type of surery.
Certain types of surery !arry a hiher risk of!onta'ination than others and ha&e led to the
!lassifi!ation of suri!al *ounds as !lean( !lean0!onta'inated( !onta'inated( or dirty.8
Ta)le 7. ?ound !lass and Classifi!ation of the
risk of SSI
III. TH1 @1CH4NIS@S O5 B4CT1RI4L24THOG1NICITA
SSIs are !aused )y the deposition and'ultipli!ation of 'i!rooranis's in the suri!al site
of a sus!epti)le host. There are a nu')er of *ays
'i!rooranis's !oloni9e and !ause infe!tion(
in!ludin a# dire!t !onta!t either fro' another
patient( transfer fro' suri!al e-uip'ent or the hands
of the hospital staff/ )# air)orne dispersal
surroundin air !onta'inated *ith 'i!ro0oranis's
that deposit onto the *ound/ and !# self0!onta'ination "also kno*n as endoenous infe!tion#
physi!al 'iration of the patients o*n nor'al
flora *hi!h are present on the skin( 'u!ous
'e')ranes or astrointestinal tra!t to the suri!al
site. @ost suri!al infe!tion is due to )a!terial and(
'ore rarely( funal infe!tion.
T*o )road -ualities of pathoeni! )a!teria underlie
the 'eans )y *hi!h they !ause disease
7. In&asi&eness is the a)ility to in&ade tissues. It
en!o'passes 'e!hanis's for !oloni9ation
"adheren!e and initial 'ultipli!ation#( produ!tion of
e3tra!ellular su)stan!es *hi!h fa!ilitate in&asion
"in&asins# and a)ility to )ypass or o&er!o'e hostdefense 'e!hanis's.
+. To3ienesis is the a)ility to produ!e to3ins.Ba!teria 'ay produ!e t*o types of to3ins !alled
e3oto3ins and endoto3ins. 13oto3ins are released
fro' )a!terial !ells and 'ay a!t at tissue sites
re'o&ed fro' the site of )a!terial ro*th.
1ndoto3ins are !ell0asso!iated su)stan!e. "In a
!lassi! sense( the ter' endoto3in refers to thelipopolysa!!haride !o'ponent of the outer 'e')rane
of Gra'0neati&e )a!teria#. Ho*e&er( endoto3ins
'ay )e released fro' ro*in )a!terial !ells and
!ells that are lysed as a result of effe!ti&e host
defense "e.. lyso9y'e# or the a!ti&ities of !ertain
anti)ioti!s "e.. peni!illins and !ephalosporins#.
Hen!e( )a!terial to3ins( )oth solu)le and !ell0
asso!iated( 'ay )e transported )y )lood and ly'phand !ause !ytoto3i! effe!ts at tissue sites re'ote fro'
the oriinal point of in&asion or ro*th. So'e )a!terial to3ins 'ay also a!t at the site of
!oloni9ation and play a role in in&asion.
2i!ure 7. Ba!terial stru!ture
The !o''onest oranis' !ausin SSI is
Staphylococcus aureus. Other !o''on !ausati&e
oranis's in!lude other Gra'0neati&e aero)es(
Streptococcus spp. and anaero)es. O&erall( 7;; of the87: patients studied de&eloped SSIs( *ith the 'ost
!o''on isolates )ein S. aureus "$<,#( E. coli
"77,#( and Enterococcus spp. ">,#.9
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2i!ture +. S!annin ele!tron 'i!roraph of
Staphylococcus aureus )a!teria.
Dependin on the parti!ular strain( there are
se&eral kinds of to3ins attri)uted to S. aureus
&irulen!e. 13oto3ins !an in!lude to3i! sho!k
syndro'e to3in07 "TSST07#( e3foliatins( and
enteroto3ins. Others 'ay in!lude alpha0to3in( )eta0
to3in( delta0to3in( and )i!o'ponent to3ins su!h as
2anton0Ealentine leuko!idin. 5a!tors in!ludin protein 4( Staphylo3anthin pi'ent( !lu'pin fa!tor(
!oaulase( hyaluronidase( leuko!idin( and )iofil'
produ!tion !an also affe!t the &irulen!e "5or)es etal .( +%%<#.
13oto3in TSST07 !auses to3i! sho!k syndro'e )y
sti'ulatin the release of lare a'ounts of
interleukin07 "IL07# )y hu'an 'ono!ytes(
interleukin0+ "IL0+#( and tu'our ne!rosis fa!tor.Si'ilarly( it indu!es the e3pression of IL0+ re!eptors
and the proliferation of hu'an T ly'pho!ytes. It
does this )y )indin to @HC !lass II 'ole!ules and
the e3otonin is produ!ed )y 'ost strains of S. aureus
"S!holl et al .( 7=:=#. In eneral( the to3in is not
produ!ed )y )a!teria ro*in in the )lood/ rather( it
is produ!ed at the lo!al site of an infe!tion( and then
enters the )loodstrea'.
IE.4NTIBIOTICS
A!tibi#tics 7#r:
2i!ture $. @a6or taret for anti)a!terial a!tion
2i!ture ;. Sites of anti)a!terial a!tion
A!tibi#tics "#r (r#(&)la.is #" SSIs
The oals of anti)ioti! prophyla3is are to a!hie&e
inhi)itory anti)ioti! le&els at in!ision and throuhoutthe pro!edure in an effort to de!rease the likelihood
of de&elopin a SSI. 4nti)ioti!s !an also play an
i'portant role in the treat'ent of SSIs.
Classen et al.( in a prospe!ti&e o)ser&ational
study( 'onitored the ti'in of anti)ioti! prophyla3is
in +:;< patients in F!lean or F!lean !onta'inated
surery. Usin a step0*ise loisti! reression 'odel(they found that preoperati&e anti)ioti!s *ithin t*ohours of in!ision had the lo*est rate of infe!tion as
!o'pared to anti)ioti!s i&en after in!ision or earlier
than t*o hours prior.;
In addition to )ein i&en preoperati&ely(
prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s should not )e !ontinued
postoperati&ely. 4 fi&e0'onth prospe!ti&e sur&ey of
suri!al0site infe!tions "SSI# !ondu!ted in the
depart'ent of eneral surery at ili'an6aroChristian @edi!al Center( Tan9ania )y 1riksen et al.,
sho*ed that << "7=.;,# of the $=< patients studied
de&eloped SSI. T*enty0eiht "$8.;,# of these
infe!tions *ere apparent only after dis!hare fro'hospital. 4 surprisin eihty0se&en per!ent of the
patients *ho de&eloped SSI had re!ei&ed anti)ioti!s(
the 'a6ority ha&in re!ei&ed the anti)ioti!s for
se&eral days. Su!h a pra!ti!e is !ontrary to the
!urrent re!o''endation of a sinle preoperati&e
dose( and proloned inappropriate use of )road0spe!tru' anti)ioti!s 'ay !ontri)ute to in!reased
e'eren!e of resistan!e. <
The type of surery "!lean( !lean!onta'inated(
!onta'inated( or dirty# also i'pa!ts the role of
anti)ioti! prophyla3is. 4n understandin of this
!lassifi!ation( as *ell as kno*lede of
re!o''endations for spe!ifi! pro!edures( isin&alua)le in 'akin an appropriate !hoi!e reardinanti)ioti! prophyla3is. 4nti)ioti! ad'inistration in
dirty !ases is not !onsidered prophyla!ti! as these
!ases represent treat'ent of infe!tion rather than
prophyla3is.
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Contro&ersy e3ists reardin the use of anti)ioti!
prophyla3is for !lean !ases. ?hen anti)ioti!
prophyla3is is i&en( the aent should taret S.
aureus( the 'ost !o''on oranis' !ausin SSIs in
!lean !ases/ !efa9olin is a ood !hoi!e. ?hen )one isin!ised( the use of prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s is !learly
re!o''ended. 4 ood !hoi!e in this situation( or for!ardiothora!i! or &as!ular surery( is !efa9olin or
!efuro3i'e "or !linda'y!in or &an!o'y!in for
peni!illin alleri!#. 5or eneral suri!al !lean !ases(
the de!ision is less !lear. 4 Co!hrane Data)ase of
Syste'ati! Re&ie*s e3a'ined the use of
prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s prior to hernia surery( andfound that infe!tion rates *ere lo*er *ith use of
anti)ioti!s "+.=, &ersus $.=,# )ut !on!luded that
Fanti)ioti! prophyla3is for ele!ti&e inuinal hernia
repair !annot )e uni&ersally re!o''ended )e!ause of
o&erall lo* infe!tion rates( a hih nu')er needed to
treat( and a la!k of a lare( rando'i9ed !ontrolled
trial to pro&e effi!a!y.
5or !lean0!onta'inated and !onta'inated !ases(anti)ioti! prophyla3is is re!o''ended. Colore!tal
surery is the 'ost thorouhly studied type of pro!edure in this !ateory( and as su!h 'ost
re!o''endations are )ased on studies in&ol&in
!olore!tal surery. The 'ost !o''only en!ountered
oranis' in !lean0!onta'inated and !onta'inated
SSIs is still S. aureus( thouh other aero)i! as *ell as
anaero)i! )a!teria are also !ulprits. 4s su!h(
prophyla3is should )e )roader than that used for
!lean !ases. Son et al. re&ie*ed all rando'i9ed!ontrolled trials of anti)ioti! prophyla3is in
!olore!tal surery. 5our of these studies !o'pared
anti)ioti! rei'ens to no anti)ioti!s and sho*ed a!on&in!in )enefit of prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s "odds
ratio %.+;( =>, !onfiden!e inter&al %.7$ to %.;$#.
5urther analysis re&ealed that the 'ost effi!a!ious
rei'ens in!lude !o&erae aainst )oth aero)i! and
anaero)i! oranis's "su!h as a +nd or $rd eneration!ephalosporin( or enta'i!in in !o')ination *ith
'etronida9ole#( and !ited !ertain rei'ens
inade-uate "'etronida9ole alone( do3y!y!line alone(
pipera!illin alone#. Thouh data fro' 4fri!a is
li'ited( differen!es in effi!a!y )et*een &arious +nd
and $rd eneration !ephalosporins appear nelii)le(
and !hoi!e prophyla3is *ith a sinle0aent +nd or $rd
eneration !ephalosporin !an pro)a)ly )e di!tated )ya&aila)ility or !ost. 5or peni!illin0alleri! patients(
!linda'y!in !o')ined *ith enta'i!in( a9treona'(or !iproflo3a!in( or 'etronida9ole !o')ined *ith
enta'i!in or !iproflo3a!in are ade-uate !hoi!es.=2>
4 re!ent 'eta0analysis of 'eta0analysesJ
in&ol&in +>% !lini!al trials and ;:%= patients has
pro&ided an esti'ation of the relati&e )enefit of
syste'ati! prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s to redu!e
infe!tion for +$ different types of surery. The type
of anti)ioti!( ti'in( dosin( and type of pro!edure
&aried *idely in this analysis( )ut the relati&e risk ofde&elopin infe!tion for all types of operations *ith
prophyla!ti! syste'i! anti)ioti!s &ersus no prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s &aried fro' %.7= to %.:+(
suestin a enerali9ed )enefit reardless of the
deree of !onta'ination. Taken as a *hole( the use of
prophyla!ti! syste'i! anti)ioti!s de!reased the
in!iden!e of *ound infe!tions )y a)out one half. This
does not 'ean that prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s should )eused for e&ery !ase( in as 'u!h as there are
sinifi!ant !osts in&ol&ed *ith their ad'inistration(
they !an ha&e serious ad&erse effe!ts and there is a
risk of the de&elop'ent of anti)ioti! resistant
pathoens or C. difficele !olitis. Be!ause of this( there
has )een relu!tan!e to use prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s in
!lean !ases. Ho*e&er( prospe!ti&e rando'i9ed
studies ha&e sho*n a !lear )enefit in !lean ele!ti&eoperations su!h as hernia and )reast pro!edures
"SDC07$<07;7#. Re!ent reports ha&e also sho*nsinifi!ant prote!tion aainst infe!tions in patients
*ith a !esarean se!tion "SDC07;+07;$#. 4 re&ie* of
the use of anti'i!ro)ial prophyla3is in !olore!tal
surery( in!ludin 7:+ trials *ith $::% parti!ipants
and >% different anti)ioti!s( sho*ed a definite )enefit
of prophyla!ti! anti)ioti!s !o'pared to a pla!e)o or
no treat'ent "RR K %.$%#. In that sa'e study(
!o')ined therapy aainst )oth aero)i! and anero)i!oranis's and !o')ined oral and intra&enous
anti)ioti! prophyla3is !o'pared to intra&enous alone
had sinifi!ant )enefits "RR( %.;7 and %.<;(respe!ti&ely#. 3?
G!ral (ri!ci(ls i! surgical (r#(&)la.is
7.Duration of prophyla3isThe duration of
anti'i!ro)ial prophyla3is should not routinelye3!eed +; hours "7 dose at indu!tion and + 'ore
doses postoperati&ely( i.e. $ doses in total#. There is
*ide !onsensus that only a sinle dose of intra&enous
anti'i!ro)ial aent is needed for suri!al prophyla3is
in the reat 'a6ority of !ases. 2u)lished e&iden!e
sho*s that anti'i!ro)ial prophyla3is after *ound
!losure is unne!essary and !ould lead to e'eren!e
of resistant )a!teria. @ost studies !o'parin sinle0*ith 'ultiple0dose prophyla3is ha&e not sho*n
)enefit of additional doses.
+.Ti'in 5or 'any prophyla!ti! anti'i!ro)ial
aents( the ad'inistration of an initial dose should )e
i&en *ithin $% 'inutes )efore in!ision "!oin!idin
*ith the indu!tion of anesthesia# to a!hie&e an
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ade-uate tissue !on!entration at the ti'e of initial
in!ision. This !an )e fa!ilitated )y ha&in the
anesthesioloist ad'inister the dru in the operatin
roo' at indu!tion.
$.4nti'i!ro)ial dosin The dose should )e ade-uate )ased on the patients )ody *eiht. 4n additional
dose of anti'i!ro)ial aent should )e i&en"intraoperati&ely# if the operation is still !ontinuin
after t*o half0li&es of the initial dose or 'assi&e
intraoperati&e )lood losses o!!ur. Suested initial
dose and ti'e to re0dose for sele!ted anti'i!ro)ial
aents used for suri!al prophyla3is.33
Ta)le +. 4nti'i!ro)ial aent
E. CONCLUSION
4 *ound is defined )y the Center for Disease
Control "CDC# as an interruption or )reak in the
!ontinuity of the e3ternal surfa!e of the )ody or the
surfa!e of an internal oran( !aused )y suri!al or
other for's of in6ury or trau'a. Suri!al site
infe!tion is a type of health!are0asso!iated infe!tionin *hi!h a *ound infe!tion o!!urs after an in&asi&e
"suri!al# pro!edure. Suri!al site infe!tions "SSIs#
are defined as infe!tions o!!urrin up to $% days after
surery "or up to one year after surery in patients
re!ei&in i'plants# and affe!tin either the in!ision
or deep tissue at the operation site. The !ausati&e
pathoens depend on the type of surery/ the 'ost
!o''only isolated oranis's are Staphylo!o!!usaureus( !oaulase0neati&e staphylo!o!!i(
1ntero!o!!us spp. and 1s!heri!hia !oli. The Centers
for Disease Control and 2re&ention uidelines for the
pre&ention of SSIs e'phasise the i'portan!e of ood
patient preparation( asepti! pra!ti!e( and attention tosuri!al te!hni-ue/ anti'i!ro)ial prophyla3is is also
indi!ated in spe!ifi! !ir!u'stan!es. The oals of
anti)ioti! prophyla3is are to a!hie&e inhi)itoryanti)ioti! le&els at in!ision and throuhout the
pro!edure in an effort to de!rease the likelihood of
de&elopin a SSI. 4nti)ioti!s !an also play an
i'portant role in the treat'ent of SSIs.
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