Saesneg: surgical site infection

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A surgical site is the incision or cut in the skin made by a surgeon to carry out a surgical procedure, and the tissue handled or manipulated during the procedure. A surgical site infection occurs when micro-organisms get into the part of the body that has been operated on and multiply in the tissues.