RTBC Infection Control Practice Test 2025 – The Comprehensive All-in-One Guide to Mastering Your Exam!

The postoperative wound infection can often be attributed to a breakdown in infection control practices during the surgical procedure. Specifically, the failure to adhere to aseptic technique protocols is a significant factor that can lead to contamination during surgery, increasing the risk of infection in the postoperative period. Aseptic techniques are designed to prevent pathogens from entering the surgical site; any lapse in these protocols can introduce bacteria, resulting in infection.

In this context, poor surgical technique and inadequate anesthesia may contribute to overall patient outcomes but do not directly cause infection as a lapse in aseptic protocols does. Insufficient postoperative care might compromise healing and recovery but again, does not specifically relate to the surgical contamination that typically leads to an infection occurring shortly after surgery. Hence, the most relevant and direct cause of Jane's postoperative wound infection is the failure to follow aseptic technique protocols.