The Effect of Bundle Application on Surgical Site Infection

Surgical site infections (SSI) are the most common complications after surgical operations and are in the top three in Healthcare Associated Infections (HIE). Due to surgical site infections, morbidity, mortality and hospital stay in postoperative patients increase, as well as the cost of treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a list of infection control measures, including preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative precautions, in the guideline for the prevention of SSI. The aim of infection control is to minimize preventable risks. It is recommended to use evidence-based practices for this purpose. Care packages consisting of combining and using high-evidence applications are applications that can benefit the patient. When these applications are done individually, they benefit the patient, but applying them all in the same package gives better results. In the care given using the care package, the health team creates a common language. The fact that these applications are evidence-based provides the opportunity to control patient care, while reducing the cost and complications. Despite advances in healthcare, SSI is still one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. Although perioperative infection prevention packages are frequently applied in fields such as general surgery and orthopedic surgery, there are few studies stated that they are applied in neurosurgery operations where the defense mechanism against microorganisms is very low. However, SSI seen after cranial surgery may also cause an increase in morbidity and mortality. It is aimed to reduce CAE with the increasing use of package applications in developed and developing countries in recent years, and it is seen that positive results have been obtained from the studies on package application. However, when the domestic literature was searched, no study on the subject was found. It is thought that the planned study will contribute to the literature in terms of supporting