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)