ALB and infection: Assessing for association of blood transfusion with post injury factors, all the variables had an association with time to blood transfusion (surgical procedures performed, ward unit on which patient is admitted, WBC count during admission, focus of infection, low haemoglobin level during admission, lowest Serum albumin during admission) (p 0.05) except for weather the patient was referred to Mulago from another health center or not.