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Prior research has been unclear regarding this relationship.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Based on the Swiss national SSI surveillance and a survey study assessing (a) safety climate and (b) teamwork climate, associations were analysed for three kinds of surgical procedures.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting and participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>SSI surveillance data from 20 434 surgeries for hip and knee arthroplasty from 41 hospitals, 8321 for colorectal procedures from 28 hospitals and 4346 caesarean sections from 11 hospitals and survey responses from Swiss operating room personnel (N=2769) in 54 acute care hospitals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Primary and secondary outcomes<\/jats:title><jats:p>The primary endpoint of the study was the 30-day (all types) or 1-year (knee\/hip with implants) National Healthcare Safety Network-adjusted SSI rate. Its association with climate level and strength was investigated in regression analyses, accounting for respondents\u2019 professional background, managerial role and hospital size as confounding factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Plotting climate levels against infection rates revealed a general trend with SSI rate decreasing as the safety climate increased, but none of the associations were significant (5% level). Linear models for hip and knee arthroplasties showed a negative association between SSI rate and climate perception (p=0.02). For climate strength, there were no consistent patterns, indicating that alignment of perceptions was not associated with lower infection rates. 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