Significant reduction in red blood cell transfusions in a general hospital after successful implementation of a restrictive transfusion policy supported by prospective computerized order auditing

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2640-2645

  Yerrabothala, Swaroopa ^a   Desrosiers, Kevin P ^a   Szczepiorkowski, Zbigniew M ^a   Dunbar, Nancy M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; TRANSFUSION REACTION;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; TRANSFUSION REACTION;

EID: 84908486022     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12627     Document Type: Article

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