Research Article
Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection Pattern in Dessie Referral Hospital, Dessie, Northeast of Ethiopia
Table 3
Characteristics of antibiotic prophylaxis administration.
| | Variables | | Frequency (%) |
| | Prophylaxis | Yes | 59 (86.8) | | No | 9 (13.2) |
| | Timing of prophylaxis administration | Early | 7 (10.3) | | Preoperative | 26 (38.2) | | Perioperative | 5 (7.4) | | Postoperative | 21 (30.9) |
| | Duration of SAP administration | ≤1 day | 16 (23.5) | | >1 day | 43 (63.2) |
| | Route | IV | 55 (93.2) | | IV and PO | 4 (6.8) |
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