Table 5.
Surgical site infections by wound classification
| Source | Country | Procedure | Clean (%) | Clean‐contaminated (%) | Contaminated (%) | Dirty (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lizioli et al. (46) | Italy | General classifications only | 1·4 | 2·7 | 9·1 | 10·5 |
| Geubbels et al. (14) | Netherlands | 17 cited procedures | 2·8 | 3·1 | 8·3 | 7·2 |
| Cainzos et al. (75) | Seven‐country study | Biliary tract stone | N/A | 3·2 | 7·7 | 20·0 |
| Mertens et al. (79) | Belgium | Abdominal, orthopaedic, gynaecological and other | 1·1 | 1·5 | 5·3 | 19·3 |
| Kampf et al. (31) | Germany | 11 procedures specified | 2·4 | 2·5 | 4·2 | 2·6 |
| Kjaersgaard et al. (48) | Denmark | Codes of operations recorded — most frequent detailed | 2·3 | 4·7 | 4·3 | 8·3 |
| Reilly et al. (28) | Scotland | Breast | 13 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hernia | 7 | |||||
| Vascular | 10 | |||||
| Cholecystectomy | 7 | |||||
| Melling et al. (33) | UK | Breast | 11·5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hernia | 6·9 | |||||
| Varicose veins | 4·9 | |||||
| Vaqué et al. (12) | Spain | General classifications only | 2·8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A, not applicable.