Are Invasive Procedures and a Longer Hospital Stay Increasing the Risk of Healthcare-Associated Infections among the Admitted Patients at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia?

Table 2

Surgical profile of the study patients admitted to the Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, 2017.

Surgery conditions	n (%)
Surgery
Yes	96 (24.4)
No	297 (75.6)
Types of surgical procedure (n = 96)
Cesarean section	22 (22.9)
Debridement of wound	18 (18.8)
Laparotomy	9 (16.7)
Eye surgery	7 (9.4)
Appendectomy	6 (6.3)
Myomectomy	4 (4.2)
Hysterectomy	3 (3.13)
Lipoma incision	3 (3.13)
Amputation	3 (3.13)
Others	21 (21.9)
Level of surgical site contamination (n = 96)
Clean	24 (25)
Clean-contaminated	60 (62.5)
Contaminated	12 (12.5)

Others: anterior colporrhaphy, cholecystectomy closure, hydrocelectomy, splenectomy, vulvectomy, hemorrhoidectomy, tonsillectomy, breast biopsy, hysteroscopy, and free skin graft.