Improving red cell transfusion in the elective surgical setting: An improvement collaborative with evaluation

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 393-402

  Harrison, B T ^a   Chen, J ^b   Der Vartanian, C ^a   Isbister, J ^a   Tridgell, P ^a   Hughes, C F ^a  

^a Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice improvement; Collaborative improvement; Patient blood management; Postoperative transfusion; Red blood cell transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; THORAX SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84927912837     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12237     Document Type: Article

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