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SSI frequency and risk factors characterized in this Karachi ward; leaves open whether targeted prevention reduces rates in similar settings.
The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of surgical site infections and to identify the associated risk factors in general surgery ward of a tertiary care hospital of Karachi. This was a one year cross sectional study conducted in a surgical ward of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. During the study period data was collected on a predesigned questionnaire for all the patients who underwent surgery in the general surgery ward of JPMC and patients were followed for up to 30 days for developments of surgical site infection. Infected cases were identified using CDC, USa definition for Surgical site infections.
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Bibi et al. (2011) studied this question.
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