Risk factors of infection in surgical wounds.

The article deals with the problem of surgical wound infections in patients of surgical wards. Modern definition and etiology of surgical wound infections in Poland and elsewhere have been presented here. At the same time present opinions referring to the problem of surgical wound infections have been discussed.

Hospital urinary tract infections in surgical patients.

The subject of the present study was evaluation of the prevalence of the urinary tract infections (UTI) in surgical patients, as well as determination of the type and susceptibility of bacterial flora responsible for the UTI. The UTI constituted 21% of all hospital infections in the surgical ward and involved 2.3% of all operated patients.