To avoid surgical-site infections and keep the surgery bill low, the following measures can be taken:

• Ensure preoperative hygiene: The patient should take a shower with an antiseptic soap the night before and the morning of the surgery to reduce the bacterial burden on the skin.
• Use prophylactic antibiotics: Administering prophylactic antibiotics before the surgery can reduce the risk of infection.
• Maintain proper surgical hand hygiene: The surgical team should scrub their hands and nails for at least two minutes before and after surgery.
• Use of surgical attire: The team should use sterile surgical attire, including gowns, gloves, and masks to reduce the risk of contamination.
• Use of antiseptic agents: Use of antiseptic agents during surgery to clean the skin and the surgical site can reduce infection rates.
• Proper wound care: Wound care should be given utmost priority postoperatively. Keeping the wound dry and clean will reduce the risk of infection.
• Reduce surgery time: Efficient surgical technique and minimally invasive surgery can reduce the surgery time, alomh with decreasing the cost of the surgery
• Stringent infection control measures: Ensure the implementation of strict infection control measures and regular hospital cleanliness rounds by trained hospital staff.

By taking these measures during surgery and post-surgery, the risk of surgical-site infections can be significantly minimized, thus helping to reduce the patient's hospital stay, expenses incurred and minimise the time for recovery.