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Table 3 Predictors of SSI development in surgery patients in TASH (N = 131)

From: Pattern of antibiotics use, incidence and predictors of surgical site infections in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Variables

Surgical site infection

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

p value

Yes N (%)

27 (20.6)

104 (79.4%)

Preoperative blood transfusion

 Yes

10 (33.3%)

20 (66.7%)

2.47 (0.98–6.21)

1.34 (0.45–4.02)

0.602

 No

17 (16.8%)

84 (83.2%)

 

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Cigarette smoking

 Yes

8 (36.4%)

14 (63.6%)

2.71 (0.1–7.36)

0.80 (0.23–2.80)

0.725

 No

19 (17.4%)

90 (82.6%)

 

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Alcohol

 Yes

18 (43.9%)

23 (56.1%)

7.04 (2.78–17.75)

7.70 (2.56–23.13)

0.000

 No

14 (14.74%

81 (85.26%)

 

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Wound class

 Clean

6 (13.95%)

37 (86.05%)

0.27 (0.05–1.44)

0.53 (0.07–4.08)

0.543

 Clean contaminated

16 (25%)

48 (75%)

0.56 (0.12–2.59)

1.04 (0.16–6.57)

0.966

 Contaminated

2 (12.5%)

14 (97.5%)

0.24 (0.03–1.87)

0.67 (0.06–7.24)

0.745

 Dirty

3 (37.5%)

5 (62.5%)

 

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Previous surgery

 Yes

12 (36.4%)

21 (63.6%)

3.16 (1.29–7.76)

3.22 (1.14–9.13)

0.028

 No

15 (15.3%)

83 (84.7%)

 

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Duration of surgery (h)

 > 1

19 (24.1%)

60 (75.9%)

1.81 (0.73–4.51)

2.16 (0.72–6.48)

0.169

 ≤ 1

8 (15.4%)

44 (84.6%)

 

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  1. AOR adjusted odds ratio, COR crude odds ratio