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Factors affecting the frequency of red blood cell...

Journal article

Factors affecting the frequency of red blood cell outdates: an approach to establish benchmarking targets

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Benchmarking is a useful tool to identify best practices and to compare an organization's performance with that of similar peers, allowing for continuous quality improvement. In this study, a provincial database of red blood cell (RBC) product inventory/disposition in hospitals was analyzed to identify factors that affected RBC outdates and to systematically establish optimal target levels for RBC outdates.STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: …

Authors

Heddle NM; Liu Y; Barty R; Webert KE; Whittaker S; Gagliardi K; Lauzon D; Owens W

Journal

Transfusion, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 219–226

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

February 2009

DOI

10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01970.x

ISSN

0041-1132

Associated Experts

Kathryn Webert

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

Nancy Heddle

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences

Labels

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Benchmarking Canada Erythrocyte Transfusion Evidence-Based Medicine Hospitals Humans Logistic Models Time Factors Utilization Review

Fields of Research (FoR)

3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology 3202 Clinical sciences 3204 Immunology

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