Background: Surgical asepsis practices should maintained by the surgical team to prevent
contamination of the open surgical wound.
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the surgical asepsis practices in the operating theatre of King
Khalid Hospital, Najran.
Methods: The researchers utilized a three data collection forms to collect the needed data about
practices of surgical asepsis. Swabs obtained from surgical site and from OR surfaces for
bacteriological examination.
Results: only 55% of patients showered the day of surgery, there was no cleaning of light and
scrubbing sinks at 60% and 75% of surgeries respectively. Sterile persons touch only sterile items at
55% of surgeries, 84.9% of them performed surgical scrubbing correctly. There was a contamination
of OR floor and conditioning system in 55% of surgeries, there was a surgical site infection(SSI) after
suturing among 40% of patients and there was a correlation between contamination of scrubbing taps
and SSI post- preparation (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: There was an improper surgical asepsis practices performed by OR surgical team, we
recommend the importance of continuing education among OR staff to keep them updated with the
new trends and developments in surgical asepsis.