PREVALENCE AND RISK OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
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Descriptors: Surgical Wound Infection; Risk Factors; Nursing; Orthopedics
Abstract
This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with surgical site infections in orthopedic surgical patients at a public hospital in Abbottabad., between December 2024 and May, 2025. A study conducted on 550 patients submitted to orthopedic surgical procedures. A descriptive analysis was conducted and surgical site infection incidence rates were estimated. To verify the association between infection and risk factors, the Chi-square Test was used. The strength of association of the event with the independent variables was estimated using Relative Risk, with a 95% confidence interval and p<0.05. The incidence of surgical site infection was 1.8%. Potential surgical wound contamination, clinical conditions, time and type of surgical procedure were statistically associated with infection. Identifying the association between surgical site infection and these risk factors is important and contributes to nurses’ clinical practice.
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Dr Anwar Shahzad
Associate Professor Community Medicine. Abbottabad International Medical College, Abbottabad
Babar Shahzad Sadiq
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Abbottabad International Medical College, Abbottabad
Dr Malik Muhammad Abbas
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Senior Registrar King Abdullah Teaching Hospital, Mansehra, Pakistan
Dr Abdus Saboor Awan
District Orthopaedic Surgeon, DHQ Hospital, Haripur, KPK Pakistan/ Assistant Professor, SMDAS Pak Austria University Haripur, KPK, Pakistan
Inam Ullah Khan
Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, Wah Medical College, Wah Cantt, Pakistan
Dr Rziullah
Senior Registrar, SMDAS PAK Austria University Haripur, KPK Pakistan