“…The incidence of SSI in cardiac surgery is across a broad range. This complication is associated with an increase in the duration of hospitalization, mortality, and economic burden (Frenette et al, 2016;Gudbjartsson et al, 2016;Schimmer et al, 2017;Kachel et al, 2020;Liu et al, 2021). The incidence of readmission and mortality for SSI patients is about 46% and 1-14%, respectively, and the cost of treatment is 2.5 times higher than for non-SSI patients (Frenette et al, 2016;Gudbjartsson et al, 2016).…”