title: Statewide collaboration to evaluate the effects of blood loss and transfusion on surgical site infection after hysterectomy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA. heather.young@ucdenver.edu
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Berumen
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knepper
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gilmartin
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wodrich
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Connie S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001810:Blood Volume; D003120:Colorado / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires