Strategies to avoid unnecessary transfusions

The Patient Blood Management initiative is an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to improve the care of patients who might need a transfusion of blood or blood components. It is an international initiative in best practice for transfusion medicine. This final article in our five-part series...

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Published inNursing times (1987) Vol. 110; no. 40; pp. 22 - 25
Main Authors Addison, Jayne, Gerrard, Rebecca, Harris, Andrea
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Emap Limited 01.10.2014
Subjects
Blood Transfusion
Blood transfusions
Clinical outcomes
Cost control
Cost Savings
Decision making
Endorsements
Humans
Initiatives
Nurse's Role
Nurses
Nursing
Patient Participation
State Medicine
United Kingdom
Unnecessary Procedures
England
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:The Patient Blood Management initiative is an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to improve the care of patients who might need a transfusion of blood or blood components. It is an international initiative in best practice for transfusion medicine. This final article in our five-part series on blood transfusion outlines the origin and implementation of the Patient Blood Management initiative in England, why it matters, how it works, how it can be put into practice and nurses' role in supporting it.
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ISSN:0954-7762