Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and clinical data
Characteristic | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Hospitals | |
DTCSH (n = 172) | 172 (22.9) |
Growth | 135 (78.5) |
No growth | 37 (21.5) |
HUCSH (n = 184) | 184 (24.5) |
Growth | 120 (65.2) |
No growth | 64 (34.8) |
JUSTH (n = 193) | 193 (25.7) |
Growth | 126 (65.3) |
No growth | 67 (34.7) |
TASH (n = 203) | 203 (27) |
Growth | 113 (55.7) |
No growth | 90 (44.3) |
Sex | |
Male | 418 (55.6) |
Female | 334 (44.4) |
Age in (year) | |
≤ 18 | 159 (21.1) |
19–40 | 419 (55.7) |
41–60 | 130 (17.3) |
≥ 61 | 44 (5.9) |
Surgical site infection | |
Superficial | 265 (35.2) |
Deep | 487 (64.8) |
Preoperative hospital stay | |
≤ 7 | 298 (39.6) |
> 7 | 454 (60.4) |
History of hospital admission | |
Yes | 133 (17.6) |
No | 619 (82.4) |
Previous use of antibiotics | |
Yes | 388 (52.6) |
No | 364 (47.4) |
Alcoholic | |
Yes | 67 (8.9) |
No | 685 (91.1) |
Smoking | |
Yes | 444 (59) |
No | 308 (41) |
Nature of surgery | |
Elective | 246 (32.7) |
Emergency | 506 (67.3) |
Type of surgery | |
Clean/clean contaminated surgery | 724 (96.2) |
Contaminated surgery | 28 (3.8) |
Timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis | |
Before the operation | 548 (72.8) |
During the operation | 204 (27.2) |
Duration of operation | |
≤ 1 h | 336 (44.7) |
> 1 h | 416 (55.3) |