Background

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are one of the major problematic complications that appear after surgery. These complications do not only impact patient recovery but also healthcare costs. Ultimately, SSI may result in prolonged hospitalization, excessive medical expenses, and, in the worst cases, death. Only by identifying the risk factors for SSIs, devising their effective prevention and management we can alleviate the issue and improve patients’ safety. Due to multiple administrative and technical challenges, the frequency is higher in developing nations, with estimates ranging from 2.5% to 41.9% globally. Nevertheless, data from Palestine is lacking. The goal of this study is to determine the incidence of SSIs for patients admitted to surgery at An-Najah National University Hospital (NNUH) during 2018–2020 in Nablus, Palestine, and associated risk factors.

Methods

This is an analytical retrospective cohort study of all patients admitted for surgery between January 2018 and December 2020. 1157 patients were included. Sociodemographic and clinical data were gathered and analyzed using descriptive and analytical analysis accordingly and a binary logistic regression was performed to assess the potential risk factors associated with the development of SSI. A level of significance of 5% was used. IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Version 21 was used to analyze the data.

Results

A total of 1157 patients who underwent surgery procedures from 2018–2020 at NNUH had a total SSI incidence rate of 7.65%; the rate in 2018 was 18.2% decreasing to 6.6% and 0.6% in 2019 and 2020; Patients with prothesis …

Title

Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Publisher

springer

Publisher Country

United States of America

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

4.4

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

14

Year

2025

Pages

101