Tag Archives: Appropriate Blood Utilization

Guiding Transfusion Guidelines: Part 2

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Timothy Hannon, MD, MBA

Last month’s article on Guiding Transfusion Guidelines: Part 1 covered the general concepts of implementing clinical practice guidelines. Appropriate transfusion decisions are a critically important and often overlooked part of the transfusion safety chain from donor to patient1, so evidence-based … Continue reading →

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Guiding Transfusion Guidelines: Part 1

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Timothy Hannon, MD, MBA

February is my favorite month to discuss improving blood utilization because it is the anniversary of the Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care (TRICC) trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on February 11th, 1999.1 In this landmark study2, … Continue reading →

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Wrong Patient – Wrong Unit: Preventing Transfusion Errors

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Susann Nienhaus, RN, JD

Previous newsletter articles have discussed the importance of appropriate transfusion decisions as a critical element of transfusion safety, as well as the role of bedside nursing as vigilant advocates during the transfusion administration process. This month’s article focuses on the … Continue reading →

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