Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Incidence of Surgical Site Infections at Ethiopian Tertiary-Care Teaching Hospital.
Kerebih AlamrewTamrat Assefa TadesseAlfoalem Araba AbiyeWorkineh ShibeshiPublished in: Infectious diseases (2019)
This study indicated that most of the patients (72.1%) received surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. The overall incidence rate of SSIs was 11.1% in the studied hospital. Ceftriaxone was the most commonly used drug. Being not receiving prophylaxis, wound class, and surgery types were significantly associated with the development of SSI.
Keyphrases
- surgical site infection
- tertiary care
- end stage renal disease
- staphylococcus aureus
- risk factors
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- adverse drug
- emergency department
- patient reported outcomes
- acute care
- patient reported
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- electronic health record
- wound healing