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

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. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(1):90-93