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Table 4 Stratified analysis of SSI rates by wound class and hospitalization duration

From: High incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms and modifiable risk factors associated with surgical site infections: a cohort study in a tertiary medical center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 2020 to 2023

Wound Class

Hospitalization Duration

SSI Status = 0

SSI Status = 1

Total

SSI rate

Clean Wound

≤ 5 days

459

9

469

1.92

Clean Wound

> 5 days

830

31

861

3.60

Clean-contaminated

≤ 5 days

55

0

55

0.00

Clean-contaminated

> 5 days

150

14

164

8.54

Contaminated

≤ 5 days

379

1

380

0.26

Contaminated

> 5 days

256

5

261

1.92

Total

 

839

10

903

1.11