Reducing unnecessary preoperative blood orders and costs by implementing an updated institution-specific maximum surgical blood order schedule and a remote electronic blood release system

Anesthesiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 501-509

  Frank, Steven M ^a   Oleyar, Michael J ^a   Ness, Paul M ^a   Tobian, Aaron A R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; AGED; BLOOD BANK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST CONTROL; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84921672331     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000338     Document Type: Article

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