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
2 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01970.x
ISSN
0041-1132