Background.The incidence of surgical site infection in Indonesia is in the range
of 2-18%. The impact of surgical site infections increase morbidity, mortality, and
increased duration of hospitalization thereby increasing health care costs. The
purpose of this study was to measure the risk factors and the dominant factors
related to surgical site infections after laparotomy the incidence of obstetrics and
gynecology at the Arifin Achmad Hospital Pekanbaru.
Methods.The design of study is a retrospective case-control of medical records
from January 2009 � December 2013. The sample was post operative females
undergoing obstetrics and gynecology laparotomy. The diagnosis of surgical site
infection is based on the criteria of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). The results of the simple random technique of 4,301 observation patient
yields 192 samples of cases group patients and 576 control group patients. The
data were analyzed using independent t-Test, chi-square, Kaplan-Meier analysis
and multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Research results. Surgical site infections occurred in 192 patients (4,46%). The
results of logistic regression analysis for significant factors are: the type of
emergency surgery (47,4% vs 36,5%, OR = 1,5