Nosocomial surgical site infection among Photharam Hospital patients with surgery: incidence, risk factors and development of risk screening form.

Objective: A cross-sectional analytic study of 268 patients who received surgery at Photharam Hospital was conducted to assess the incidence and risk factors of nosocomial surgical site infection (SSI).

Material And Method: The studied patients who voluntarily participated and signed informed consents were interviewed Pus specimens from SSI patients diagnosed by use of CDC criteria were cultured After risk factor analysis, the risk screening form was developed and calculated by the Receiving Operating Curve.

Results: The results revealed that incidence of nosocomial SSI was 20.