Surgical Site Infection Prevention: The Importance of Operative Duration and Blood Transfusion—Results of the First American College of Surgeons–National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Best Practices Initiative

Campbell, Darrell A.; Henderson, William G.; Englesbe, Michael J.; Hall, Bruce L.; O'Reilly, Michael; Bratzler, Dale; Dellinger, E. Patchen; Neumayer, Leigh; Bass, Barbara L.; Hutter, Matthew M.; Schwartz, James; Ko, Clifford; Itani, Kamal; Steinberg, Steven M.; Siperstein, Allan; Sawyer, Robert G.; Turner, Douglas J.; Khuri, Shukri F.

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.08.018

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Volume 207, Issue 6 , Pages 810-820, December 2008

Surgical Site Infection Prevention: The Importance of Operative Duration and Blood Transfusion—Results of the First American College of Surgeons–National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Best Practices Initiative

Darrell A. Campbell Jr, MD, FACS
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
William G. Henderson, PhD
- VA – NSQIP, Aurora, CO
Michael J. Englesbe, MD
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Correspondence address: Michael J Englesbe, MD, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Bruce L. Hall, MD, FACS
- Departments of Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, MO
Michael O'Reilly, MD, FACS
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dale Bratzler, DO
- Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, Washington University, St Louis, MO
E. Patchen Dellinger, MD, FACS
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Leigh Neumayer, MD, FACS
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Barbara L. Bass, MD, FACS
- Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Matthew M. Hutter, MD, FACS
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
James Schwartz, MD
- Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center, Sunnyside, CA
Clifford Ko, MD, FACS
- American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL
Kamal Itani, MD, FACS
- The Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Steven M. Steinberg, MD, FACS
- Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Allan Siperstein, MD
- The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Robert G. Sawyer, MD, FACS
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Douglas J. Turner, MD, FACS
- University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Shukri F. Khuri, MD, FACS
- The Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA