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. 2020 Jun 24:173–194. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-1346-6_9

Currently, this classification has been condensed into four groups for general use, without a subdivision of the clean category and in the modified form it is categorized into four categories [10]

1. Clean sites (wounds):

 • Elective (not urgent or emergency).

 • Primary closed.

 • No acute inflammation or transection of tracheobronchial, biliary, gastrointestinal, oropharyngeal tracts.

 • No technique breaks.

2. Clean-contaminated sites (wounds):

 • Emergency or urgent cases that are otherwise “clean.”

 • Elective procedures.

 • Reoperation via “clean incision” within 7 days.

 • Blunt trauma, intact skin, and negative exploration.

3. Contaminated sites (wounds):

 • Acute nonpurulent inflammation.

 • Major technique break or major spill from hollow organs.

 • Entrance of genitourinary or biliary tracts in presence of infected urine or bile, respectively.

 • Penetrating trauma less than 4 h old.

 • Chronic open wounds to be grafted or covered.

4. Dirty sites (wounds):

 • Purulence or abscess.

 • Preoperative perforation of tracheobronchial, biliary, gastrointestinal, oropharyngeal tracts.

 • Penetrating trauma more than 4 h old.