Post-caesarean section surgical site infection: rate and risk factors.

Aim: To identify the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) post-caesarean section, and important contributory risk factors.

Method: A retrospective analysis was conducted to identify cases with SSI, using as a population all the caesarean sections for the 6-month period from 16 March 2009-15 September 2009 performed at Waikato Hospital (n=526). Cases (n=25) were compared with randomly selected controls (n=50) to identify important risk factors.