Magnitude of surgical site infection and determinant factors among postoperative patients, A cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are infections that occur within 30 days of surgery or within 1 year in patients with implants at or around the surgical site. They are among the dangerous complications of surgical procedures that expose patients to higher costs and increase the risk of death because of severe morbidity and associated longer hospital stays. This study aimed to determine the extent and determinants of surgical site infections in surgically treated cases during the study period.

Methods

A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among surgically treated patients at Dilla University Referral Hospital in the surgical department. The calculated sample size was 408, calculated using the single population proportion formula, and the required inf

SUBMITTER: Birhanu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9661638 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature