Surgical site
infection (SSI) is an infection occurring in an incision wound within 30 days
of surgery and significantly effects patient recovery and hospital resources.
To determine the
prevalence of SSI among non-diabetic patients undergoing major surgery at
St.Francis hospital Nsambya. This was a Cross-section prospective study, the study was carried
out at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya in Kampala. This
is one of the tertiary level referral and teaching hospital for MKPG Nkozi
University. It has a bed capacity 342 beds.
Approval to
conduct the study was obtained from the institutional review board prior to
commencement of data collection. Of the 140 patients enrolled in the study,
male were 90 (64.3%) giving male female ratio 1.8:1. Surgical site infection
(SSI) was seen in 40 (28.6%) patients and these were.
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