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Table 2 Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, surgical site infections, and antibiotics according to the operative procedures, Serbian PPS study, 2017

From: A nationwide assessment of the burden of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use among surgical patients: results from Serbian point prevalence survey, 2017

Operative procedure according NHSN

Number of patients who had an operative procedure

Prevalence

Patients with at least one HAI

Patients with SSI

Patients taking at least one antibiotic

N (%)

Kidney transplant

11

4 (36.4)

1 (9.1)

10 (90.9)

Peripheral vascular bypass surgery

15

4 (26.7)

3 (20.0)

12 (80.0)

Coronary artery bypass graft with chest incision only

12

3 (25.0)

0 (0.0)

8 (66.7)

Craniotomy

100

23 (22.0)

0 (0.0)

83 (83.0)

Gastric surgery

66

14 (21.2)

6 (9.1)

56 (84.8)

Shunt for dialysis

6

1 (16.7)

0 (0.0)

1 (16.7)

Carotid endarterectomy

12

2 (16.7)

1 (8.3)

11 (91.7)

Kidney surgery

80

12 (15.0)

7 (8.8)

72 (90.0)

NHSN non-defined

171

25 (14.6)

25 (14.6)

106 (62.0)

Colon surgery

153

22 (14.4)

11 (7.2)

111 (72.5)

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

28

4 (14.3)

1 (3.6)

26 (92.9)

Limb amputation

106

15 (14.2)

11 (10.4)

71 (67.0)

Small bowel surgery

46

6 (13.7)

4 (8.7)

35 (76.1)

Neck surgery

16

2 (12.5)

1 (6.3)

12 (75.0)

Coronary artery bypass graft with both chest and donor site incisions

67

8 (11.9)

4 (6.0)

47 (70.1)

Spinal fusion

27

3 (11.1)

1 (3.7)

16 (59.3)

Spleen surgery

9

1 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

8 (88.9)

Thoracic surgery

56

6 (10.7)

4 (7.1)

34 (60.7)

Cardiac surgery

57

6 (10.5)

0 (0.0)

32 (56.1)

Prostate surgery

76

7 (9.2)

5 (6.6)

70 (92.1)

Vaginal hysterectomy

33

3 (9.1)

1 (3.0)

28 (84.8)

Bile duct, liver or pancreatic surgery

65

5 (7.7)

2 (3.1)

55 (84.6)

Laminectomy

26

2 (7.7)

1 (3.8)

20 (76.9)

Open reduction of fracture

220

16 (7.3)

9 (4.1)

157 (71.4)

Exploratory laparotomy

68

4 (5.9)

2 (2.9)

53 (77.9)

Abdominal hysterectomy

58

3 (5.2)

3 (5.2)

45 (77.6)

Hip prosthesis

269

10 (3.7)

6 (2.2)

176 (65.4)

Non-NHSN/minimal surgery

1017

34 (3.3)

10 (1.0)

574 (56.4)

Knee prosthesis

62

2 (3.2)

2 (3.2)

44 (71.0)

Gallbladder surgery

106

3 (2.9)

2 (1.9)

69 (65.1)

Rectal surgery

35

1 (2.9)

1 (2.9)

25 (71.4)

Cesarean section

241

6 (2.5)

3 (1.2)

169 (70.1)

Ovarian surgery

41

1 (2.4)

0 (0.0)

29 (70.7)

Herniorrhaphy

123

2 (1.6)

1 (0.8)

87 (70.7)

Appendix surgery

29

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

24 (82.8)

Breast surgery

72

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

32 (44.4)

Liver transplant

2

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (100.0)

Pacemaker surgery

11

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (45.5)

Refusion of spine

4

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (100.0)

Thyroid and/or parathyroid surgery

27

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

13 (48.1)

Ventricular shunt

3

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (100.0)

Total

3626

519 (4.2)

125 (1.0)

2435 (67.2)

  1. NHSN National Healthcare Safety Network, HAI healthcare-associated infections, SSI surgical site infections