An order set and checklist improve physician transfusion ordering practices to mitigate the risk of transfusion-associated circulatory overload

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 104-110

  Tseng, E ^a   Spradbrow, J ^a   Cao, X ^b   Callum, J ^c,d   Lin, Y ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Checklist; Diuretics; Patient safety; Red blood cell; TACO

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CHECKLIST; DIURETIC THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN PRE TRANSFUSION CHECKLIST; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SHOCK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSFUSION ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84968884490     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12284     Document Type: Article

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