Clinical nursing care intervention of perioperative infections in the obstetrics and gynaecology department

Objective: To explore the effect of clinical nursing care on perioperative infections in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department. Methods: A total of 144 patients undergoing gynecological and obstetric surgery were enrolled as research subjects and their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. These patients were divided into two groups according to the nursing intervention mode. Patients in the observation group were nursed with the systematic nursing intervention, while patients in control group were nursed with routine nursing intervention. There were 72 patients in each group. The following indexes in two groups were compared: perioperative infection, length of stay, postoperative body temperature, time it took for body temperature to return to normal, SAS and SDS scores, levels of inflammatory factors and nursing satisfaction. Results: The observation group after nursing intervention showed significantly lower perioperative infection rates than that in the control group (P<0.001). The patients in the observation group experienced significantly shorter time for their body temperature to return to normal and hospital stay than those in the control group (both P<0.001). The postoperative body temperature in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (P<0.001). In addition, SAS and SDS scores, and the levels of CRP, IL-6 and IL-8 in the observation group were all significantly lower than those in control group (all P<0.001), while the nursing satisfaction of the observation group was remarkably higher than that in the control group (P=0.027). Conclusion: The systematic nursing intervention can effectively reduce the rate of perioperative infections, promote the rehabilitation of patients and improve nursing satisfaction in the obstetrics and gynaecology department. Thus it is worthy of popularization and application in clinical practices.