Incidence, bacteriological profile and predictors of surgical site infections following limb amputation at Bugando medical centre and Sekou toure referral regional hospital, Mwanza, Tanzania

About one third of the patients developed SSIs following limb amputation. Odds of SSIs were increased in patients with low age, smoking, high ASA score, prolonged surgery and who received blood transfusion. This highlighted the need to update the management protocol of limb amputation in relation to antibiotics prophylaxis among patients with increased risk of SSIs based on the local antimicrobial surveillance prevalence data.