The evaluation of enhanced feedback interventions to reduce unnecessary blood transfusions (AFFINITIE): Protocol for two linked cluster randomised factorial controlled trials

Implementation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hartley, Suzanne ^a   Foy, Robbie ^b   Walwyn, Rebecca E A ^a   Cicero, Robert ^a   Farrin, Amanda J ^a   Francis, Jill J ^c   Lorencatto, Fabiana ^c   Gould, Natalie J ^c   Grant Casey, John ^d   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^e,f   Glidewell, Liz ^b   Michie, Susan ^g   Morris, Stephen ^g   Stanworth, Simon J ^d,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Blood transfusion; Cluster randomisation; Implementation; Randomised controlled trial; Split block design

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL OVERUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED KINGDOM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 85021636893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0614-8     Document Type: Article

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