Statewide Collaboration to Evaluate the Effects of Blood Loss and Transfusion on Surgical Site Infection after Hysterectomy
2012
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.
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