Assessment of surgical site infection risk factors at Imam Reza hospital, Mashhad, Iran between 2006 and 2011.

Background: The present study was conducted to establish the patterns and risk factors of surgical site infections in our institution between 2006 and 2011.

Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. The surgical site infection (SSI) was identified based on the presence of ICD-10-CM diagnostic code in hospital discharge records.