India reports 1.5 million annual surgical site infections, with orthopaedic surgeries having the highest risk.

A recent report by India's Council of Medical Research (ICMR) reveals that around 1.5 million patients suffer from surgical site infections (SSIs) annually in India, with an SSI rate of 5.2%—higher than many high-income countries. Orthopaedic surgeries have an especially high SSI rate of 54.2%. The ICMR has launched a surveillance network to help prevent these infections and found that surgeries lasting over 120 minutes pose a higher risk.

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