Tailoring the Blood Ordering Process for Cardiac Surgical Cases Using an Institution-Specific Version of the Maximum Surgical Blood Order Schedule

Conclusions. Using the gold standard C:tx of >2:1 as an indicator of inappropriate blood utilization, our analysis confirmed that excessive crossmatching occurred for several procedures. Now a subset of cardiac surgical cases only requires a type and screen order prior to surgery.

Source: Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - February 11, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Ural, K. G., Volpi-Abadie, J., Owen, G., Gilly, G., Egger, A. L., Scuderi-Porter, H. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research