Variable

Categories

n

SSI

SSI Risk (%)

RR

[C.I. 95% R.R.]

p-value

Surgical Wound Classification

Contaminatedordirty/infected

29

2.00

6.9%

2.63

[0.67; 10.35]

0.183

Clean or clean-contaminated

1602

42.00

2.6%

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

>2

321

16.00

5.0%

2.29

[1.25; 4.18]

0.011

≤2

1286

28.00

2.2%

Type of Surgery

Emergency

83

4.00

4.8%

1.96

[0.71; 5.36]

0.164

Elective

1501

37.00

2.5%

General Anesthesia

Yes

697

29.00

4.2%

1.88

[1.09; 3.24]

0.029

No

993

22.00

2.2%

Prophylactic Antibiotic

Yes

772

39.00

5.1%

0.41

[0.18; 0.93]

0.045

No

49

6.00

12.2%

Trauma Surgery

Yes

136

4.00

2.9%

1.27

[0.46; 3.52]

0.558

No

1422

33.00

2.3%

NNIS Risk Index

0

1017

13.00

1.3%

-

-

<0.001

1

329

15.00

4.6%

2

20

3.00

15.0%

Length of Hospital Stay Before Surgery (Days)

>4

187

12.00

6.4%

2.18

[1.19; 3.99]

0.016

≤4

1974

58.00

2.9%

Number of Professionals at Surgery

>2

234

14.00

6.0%

2.73

[1.51; 4.93]

0.003

≤2

1822

40.00

2.2%

First Hospital Admission

Yes

1750

53.00

3.0%

0.73

[0.43; 1.25]

0.277

No

411

17.00

4.1%

Age (Years)

>60

1377

43.00

3.1%

0.91

[0.56; 1.46]

0.705

≤60

784

27.00

3.4%

Duration of Surgery (Hours)

>2

1003

33.00

3.3%

1.14

[0.64; 2.0]

0.770

≤2

621

18.00

2.9%