Comparison of Blood Transfusion Rates Before and After Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative for Transfusion Safety and Appropriateness

Todd C Lee; Nisha Almeida; Patricia Pelletier; Emily G McDonald

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.52253

Comparison of Blood Transfusion Rates Before and After Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative for Transfusion Safety and Appropriateness

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2252253. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.52253.

Authors

Todd C Lee^{1

2}, Nisha Almeida³, Patricia Pelletier⁴, Emily G McDonald^{2

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Clinical Practice Assessment Unit, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Health Technology Assessment Unit, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Division of Hematology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Division of General Internal Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁶ Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 36689230
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.52253

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This quality improvement study compares blood transfusion rates among patients at a single tertiary care hospital before and after the implementation of a transfusion training model completed by incoming resident physicians.

MeSH terms

Blood Transfusion*
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Quality Improvement*