The Burden of Surgical Site Infection at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and Related Postoperative Outcomes: A Prospective Surveillance Study

• Published in: Antibiotics (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 208
• Main Authors: Khan, Omaid Hayat, Zakaria, Andee Dzulkarnaen, Hashim, Mohd Nizam, Khan, Amer Hayat, AlQarni, Abdullmoin, AlGethamy, Manal, Mahboob, Mohammed, Aljoaid, Anas Mohammed, Ahmed, Nehad Jaser, Haseeb, Abdul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.01.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Antibiotics; Comorbidity; Concurrent infection; Disease control; Emergency procedures; epidemiology; Gastrointestinal surgery; Health aspects; Hospitals; incidence; Infection; Infection control; Infectious diseases; Malnutrition; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Morbidity; Nosocomial infections; Patients; predictors; Prevention; Regression analysis; Risk factors; Risk groups; Risk management; Sociodemographics; Statistical analysis; Surgery; Surgical site infections; surgical wound infections; Surveillance; Transplants & implants; Saudi Arabia; Malaysia; predictors; epidemiology; surveillance; surgical wound infections; incidence

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common healthcare-associated infections that occur among surgical patients. Surgical site infections result in longer hospital stays, hospital readmissions, and higher death and morbidity rates. The current study was designed to highlight the importance o...