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This results in maternal mortality, disability, prolonged hospital stay, significant financial expense, psycho-social disturbance, antibiotic resistance, and a window period opportunity missed for the baby. Despite previous Ethiopian studies on surgical site infection after cesarean delivery with a cohort design being conducted in a single center and did not consider certain risk factors, which limited their findings. This study accounts for factors such as the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class, postoperative hemoglobin levels, presence of meconium, postpartum hemorrhage, and antibiotic prophylaxis. This study aimed to determine the incidence and predictors of surgical site infection post- cesarean delivery among women who gave birth in public hospitals in the East Wollega Zone, West Ethiopia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A hospital-based prospective cohort study was conducted in East Wollega public hospitals from 15\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      January to 14\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      April, 2024, involving 408 participants selected consecutively. We entered data using Epi-Data version 4.6 and exported to STATA version 14 for analysis. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate surgical site infection. The Cox proportional hazard assumptions were checked using Schoenfeld residual statistics, while the Cox-Snell residual test was used to check the final model\u2019s adequacy. Then, in a multi-variable analysis, variables with a p-value\u2009&lt;\u20090.05 were declared as predictors of surgical site infection.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The incidence rate of SSI is 9.4\/1000 person\/day (95% CI: 7.5, 11.6). Presence of meconium (AHR\u2009=\u20092.37, 95% CI: 1.3, 4.12), emergency Cesarean delivery (AHR\u2009=\u20092.5, 95% CI: 1.16, 5.41), American Society of Anesthesiologists class\u2009\u2265\u2009III (AHR\u2009=\u20095.3, 95% CI: 2.8, 9.78), postoperative hemoglobin &lt;11 g\/dl (AHR\u2009=\u20091.78, 95% CI: 1.04, 3.06), and absence of antibiotic prophylaxis (AHR\u2009=\u20092.46, 95% CI: 1.4, 4.21) were identified as statistically significant predictors of surgical site infection among post cesarean delivery mothers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study demonstrated a significant incidence density of surgical site infection within the study area. For the identified predictors, the authors recommend the need for target interventions particularly, the consistent administration of antibiotic prophylaxis and vigilant monitoring of patients with existing health complications or those undergoing emergency procedures to reduce the burden of surgical site infection in this area.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0339930","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,21]],"date-time":"2026-01-21T18:35:53Z","timestamp":1769020553000},"page":"e0339930","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Predictors of surgical site infections following cesarean delivery in public hospitals of West Ethiopia: A cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-5646-989X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mesfin 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