Journal article
Impact of organizational interventions on reducing inappropriate intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) usage: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: With increasing global use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), there is interest in its appropriate usage. Efforts to regulate IVIG usage have primarily taken the form of organizational interventions implemented in hospitals to monitor and improve physician prescribing. Similar interventions have proven effective in reducing the inappropriate and total hospital usage of other blood products, but their efficacy on IVIG use is less …
Authors
Diep C; Shih AW; Jamula E; Heddle NM; Parvizian M; Hillis CM
Journal
Transfusion and Apheresis Science, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 215–221
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.transci.2018.01.008
ISSN
1473-0502