Prevalence of Surgical Site Infection and Associated Factors Among Patients Operated in General Surgery Department at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Wondwossen Amtataw¹*, Tsedalu Worku¹, Nurhusien Ahmed¹, Getabalew Endazenaw² and Zemichael Gizaw^3
1Department of Surgery, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
²Department of Public Health, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
³Department of Environmental and occupational health, University of Gonder, Gonder, Ethiopia
*Corresponding Author: Wondwossen Amtataw, Department of Surgery, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Published: March 13, 2024

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Abstract  

Background: From healthcare associated infections surgical site infection is the most commonly encountered in problem surgically admitted patients which results undesirable outcome and treatment cost burden.

Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to determine magnitude of surgical site infection and associated factors in patients to whom surgery was done at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College.

Methodology: A longitudinal study design was used to conduct the study and all patients admitted to the surgical wards for which surgery was done in July and August 2022 was included. Binary logistic regression model was used to identify risk factors associated with surgical site infections and statistically significant associations were declared for p value less than 0.05 using adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval.

Result: In the current study, 24 of 419 5.7% (95% CI: 3.7, 8.4%) patients developed surgical site infections out of which 3 of 419 (0.7%) died from surgical site infection complication. Surgical site infections were significantly associated with hospital stay (AOR: 35.3, 95% CI: 11.2, 112.8) ** and gastrointestinal surgeries (AOR: .299, 95% CI: .090, .999) *.

Conclusion: The magnitude of surgical site infection in this study was slightly higher than the accepted infection rate but by far low than other studies with comparable set ups.

Keywords: Surgical site infection; wound class; surgical wards

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