Why the study?
Data on surgical site infection and associated risk factors in Tanzania were limited for developing an effective surveillance system.
Population
128 patients who underwent major and minor surgeries at Shirati KMT Hospital
Comparison
Patients with vs without surgical site infection across various risk factors
Design
Retrospective hospital records study
Authors
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Initial Tanzanian SSI data supports local surveillance planning; leaves open risk factor validation and broader system implementation.
In a Tanzanian hospital, the surgical site infection rate was 10.9%, with clean contaminated wound class identified as a significant predictor.
Bayardorj et al. (2023) studied this question.
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