Descriptive characteristics of respondents
| Before intervention | During intervention | P value comparing SSIs for before and during intervention | |||
| Total (n=446) | SSI (n=40) | Total (n=582) | SSI (n=31) | ||
| Mean age in years(95% CI) | 46 (45-48) | 41 (40-43) | 43 (41-44) | 44 (42 – 47) | |
| Sex of neonates | |||||
| Male | 171 (38.0) | 9 (22.5) | 256 (44.0) | 12 (38.8) | p=0.083 |
| Female | 275 (62.0) | 31 (77.5) | 326 (56.0) | 19 (61.2) | |
| Wound class | |||||
| Clean | 289 (64.7) | 10 (25.0) | 319 (54.8) | 7 (22.6) | |
| Clean contaminated | 30 (6.7) | 3 (7.5) | 66 (11.3) | 2 (6.5) | p=0.172 |
| Contaminated | 57 (12.7) | 9 (22.5) | 144 (24.7) | 12 (38.7) | |
| Dirty | 70 (15.9) | 18 (45.0) | 53 (9.1) | 10 (32.2) | |
| Procedure | |||||
| Thyroid surgery | 40 (9.0) | 3 (7.5) | 40 (6.9) | 2 (6.5) | |
| Breast surgery | 64 (14.3) | 7 (17.5) | 187 (32.1) | 7 (22.6) | |
| Herniorrhaphy | 88 (19.7) | 11 (27.5) | 116 (19.9) | 5 (16.1) | |
| Gall bladder surgery | 5 (1.1) | 2 (5.0) | 12 (2.1) | – | |
| Bile duct/liver surgery | 3 (0.7) | – | 7 (1.2) | – | |
| Small bowel surgery | 8 (1.8) | 2 (5.0) | 5 (0.9) | 1 (3.1) | p=0.295 |
| Appendix surgery | 69 (15.5) | 6 (15.0) | 86 (14.8) | 5 (16.1) | |
| Colon surgery | 16 (3.6) | 5 (12.5) | 9 (1.5) | 3 (9.7) | |
| Rectal surgery | 8 (1.8) | 1 (2.5) | 7 (1.2) | 2 (6.5) | |
| Laparotomy* | 47 (10.5) | 1 (2.5) | 101 (17.3) | 3 (9.7) | |
| Limb amputation | 98 (22.0) | 2 (5.0) | 12 (2.1) | 3 (9.7) | |
*Laparotomy other than above abdominal surgeries.
SSI, surgical site infection.