There are also studies indicating that other life-style factors such as alcohol consumption has a negative impact on outcome after surgery as well as outcome after health-care associated infections (26, 27). To screen for excessive alcohol consumption the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT) test has been used. Several recent studies have indicated that a shorter survey with the top three questions in the AUDIT questionnaire (AUDIT-C) is sufficient to provide information on alcohol use (28, 29).