Statewide collaboration to evaluate the effects of blood loss and transfusion on surgical site infection after hysterectomy

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Jan;33(1):90-3. doi: 10.1086/663341. Epub 2011 Nov 22.

Abstract

We used mandatory public reporting as an impetus to perform a statewide study to define risk factors for surgical site infection. Among women who underwent abdominal hysterectomy, blood transfusion was a significant risk factor for surgical site infection in patients who experienced blood loss of less than 500 mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Loss, Surgical*
  • Blood Transfusion*
  • Blood Volume
  • Colorado / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Hematocrit
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy / adverse effects*
  • Logistic Models
  • Middle Aged
  • Odds Ratio
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Surgical Wound Infection / classification
  • Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires