Research Article

Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection Pattern in Dessie Referral Hospital, Dessie, Northeast of Ethiopia

Table 1

Patient demographic characteristics.

VariablesFrequency (%)

Age14-226 (8.82)
23-3126 (38.23)
32-4012 (17.65)
41-494 (5.88)
50-5810 (14.70)
59-676 (8.82)
68-762 (2.94)
77-852 (2.94)

SexMale35 (51.47)
Female33 (48.53)