Open Access<p>Evaluation of Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Incidence of Surgical Site Infection at Borumeda Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Getachew Moges,
Lielet Belete,
Yohannes Mengesha,
Solomon Ahmed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
drug, healthcare and patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 1179-1365
DOI - 10.2147/dhps.s280442
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , antibiotic prophylaxis , surgical site infection , surgical wound , retrospective cohort study , surgery , logistic regression , cholecystectomy , antibiotics , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , biology
Surgical site infections are global healthcare problems. Although surgical site infections are preventable, they still cause significant morbidity, high death rates, and financial stress on national budgets and individual patients. Inappropriate uses of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis are increasing and worsening patients' quality of life. This study determined the incidence and risk factors of surgical site infections.