Research Article
Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection Pattern in Dessie Referral Hospital, Dessie, Northeast of Ethiopia
Table 2
Patient operation characteristics.
| Variables | | Frequency (%) |
| Patient comorbidity | Present | 12 (17.65) | Absent | 56 (82.35) |
| Nature of operation | Elective | 30 (44.1) | Emergency | 38 (55.9) |
| Surgical procedure | GI surgery | 21 (30.9) | Urologic surgery | 11 (16.2) | Neck surgery | 11 (16.2) | Gynecologic surgery | 10 (14.7) | Orthopedic surgery | 7 (10.3) | Other surgery | 8 (11.8) |
| Wound class | Clean | 25 (36.8) | Clean-contaminated | 22 (32.4) | Contaminated | 17 (25) | Dirty | 4 (5.9) |
| Duration of procedure | ≤1 hr | 43 (63.2) | >1 hr | 25 (36.8) |
| SSI | Yes | 16 (23.5) | No | 52 (76.5) |
| Preoperative duration of hospitalization | ≤1 day | 30 (44.1) | >1 day | 38 (55.9) |
| Postoperative duration of hospitalization | ≤3 days | 37 (54.4) | >3 days | 31 (44.6) |
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