Educational interventions encouraging appropriate use of blood transfusions

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 150-155

  Abelow, A ^a   Gafter Gvili, A ^a,b   Tadmor, B ^a   Lahav, M ^a,b   Shepshelovich, D ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

appropriate usage; education; packed cells; restrictive strategy; transfusions

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TOOL USE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORKFLOW; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85012965247     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12493     Document Type: Article

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