Drivers for change: Western Australia Patient Blood Management Program (WA PBMP), World Health Assembly (WHA) and Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA)

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-58

  Farmer, Shannon L ^a,b,c   Towler, Simon C ^a,c,d,e   Leahy, Michael F ^a,f,g   Hofmann, Axel ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

anaemia; blood loss; patient blood management; practice change; transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876273515     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: 1532169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2012.12.007     Document Type: Review

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