Blood utilization: Fostering an effective hospital transfusion culture

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Sherman, Carolyn Hyatt ^a   MacIvor, Duncan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood: conservation techniques; Hospital transfusion service; Transfusion protocols; Utilization

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; DESMOPRESSIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTHROMBIN ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RECOMBINANT THROMBIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACIDOSIS; APHERESIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD UTILIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOPRECIPITATION; CRYSTALLOID; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858322211     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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