[Aspects of solution of the postoperative infection problem in heart surgery]

The study of the incidence and etiological pattern of infectious complications included 376 patients operated for acquired valvular disease. 40,280 bacteriological tests of the materials from the patients obtained during the operations and during the postoperative period as well as 30,113 sanitary bacteriological tests of the specimens from the cardiological operation unit were conducted. The possible use of the results of bacteriological monitoring for prediction of septic complications and optimization of antibiotic prophylaxis and therapy as well as for development and operation of a system of sanitary and hygienic measures for infection prevention was shown and statistically confirmed.