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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Heather Young ,
Crystal Berumen ,
Bryan Knepper ,
Amber Miller ,
Morgan Silverman ,
Heather Gilmartin ,
Elizabeth Wodrich ,
Sandy Alexander  and
Connie S. Price
Heather Young*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Crystal Berumen
Affiliation:
Colorado Hospital Association, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Bryan Knepper
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Amber Miller
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado Infection Control and Prevention, Exempla Lutheran Hospital, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Morgan Silverman
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Prevention, Exempla Lutheran Hospital, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Heather Gilmartin
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Prevention, Vail Valley Medical Center, Vail, Colorado
Elizabeth Wodrich
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Prevention, Vail Valley Medical Center, Vail, Colorado
Sandy Alexander
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Prevention, Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton, Colorado
Connie S. Price
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
*
777 Bannock Street, MC 4000, Denver, CO 80204 (heather.young@ucdenver.edu)
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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.

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

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 90 - 93
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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