Evaluating appropriate red blood cell transfusions: a quality audit at 10 Ontario hospitals to determine the optimal measure for assessing appropriateness

Transfusion

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2466-2476

  Spradbrow, Jordan ^a   Cohen, Robert ^a   Lin, Yulia ^a,b,c   Armali, Chantal ^a   Collins, Allison ^d   Cserti Gazdewich, Christine ^b,c,e   Lieberman, Lani ^b,c,e   Pavenski, Katerina ^b,f   Pendergrast, Jacob ^b,c,e   Webert, Kathryn ^g,h   Callum, Jeannie ^a,b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Efficacy   (Canada)

^d Northumberland Hills Hospital   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL AUDIT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONTARIO; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ONTARIO; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84991660762     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13737     Document Type: Article

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