An elaborate study of the cases with regard to date of admission, history, clinical features date of surgery, type of surgery, emergency or elective, preoperative preparation and postoperative management will be done till patient is discharged from hospital, and then follow up the patient on OPD basis for any signs of wound infection for 1 year. 

The wounds will be examined for suggestive Signs/Symptoms of infection in the post-operative period, during wound dressing. In history, presenting complaints, duration, associated diseases, coexistent infections at a remote body site, personal history including diet, smoking, and alcoholism will be noted.  Post-operative findings which included day of wound infection, day of 1st dressing and frequency of change of dressing. 

Findings on the day of diagnosis of wound infection will be noted which includes fever, erythema, discharge, type and color and the exudates collected from the depth of the wound using sterile cotton swab and sent to microbiology department for culture and sensitivity. The specimens will be collected from patients with surgical site infection in wards/OT with a sterile stick with absorbent cotton swab and sent to the microbiology laboratory for bacterial culture and sensitivity to drugs. Blood investigation like CBC will be send and if required USG will be done.