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

Table 6

The association between selected risk factors and surgical site infections.

Variable		Frequency		OR (95% CI)	value
		Yes	No
Duration of procedure	≤1 hr	9	34	Reference	0.029
	>1 hr	7	18	2.125 (0.659-6.428)
Wound classification	Clean	3	22	Reference	0.002
	Clean-contaminated	5	17	1.833 (0.204-16.512)
	Contaminated	6	11	3.4 (0.377-30.655)
	Dirty	2	2	7.33 (0.734-73.248)
Comorbid condition	No	11	45	Reference	0.000
	Yes	5	7	5 (0.796-13.325)
Timing of prophylaxis administration	Pre	4	22	Reference	0.00
	Early	1	6	3.692 (0.373-36.567)
	Peri	0	5	3.385 (0.85-13.484)
	Post	8	21	9.94 (0.95-18.34)
Prophylaxis	Yes	13	46	Reference	0.00
	No	3	6	2.000 (0.388-8.06)