Effectiveness of multiple initiatives to reduce blood component wastage

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-335

  Collins, Ryan A ^a   Wisniewski, Mary K ^b   Waters, Jonathan H ^c   Triulzi, Darrell J ^a,d   Yazer, Mark H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood components; Intervention; Plasma; Platelets; RBC; Wastage; Waste

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD COMPONENT; COST; COST CONTROL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSFUSION; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL WASTE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLASMA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HOSPITAL WASTE;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD PLATELETS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ERYTHROCYTES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLASMA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84928429096     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP42WMHSSTPHXI     Document Type: Article

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