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Improving Type And Screen Specimen Collection Prior To Elective Surgery, Nordx Blood Bank Staff, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman
Improving Type And Screen Specimen Collection Prior To Elective Surgery, Nordx Blood Bank Staff, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman
Maine Medical Center
To avoid delays in the availability of compatible blood for elective surgery patients requiring transfusion, a type and screen specimen should be completed at least 24 hours prior to surgery. Baseline metrics in an acute care inpatient blood bank demonstrated a significant number of cases with no type or screen completed.
The objective of this KPI was to prevent any delays in providing compatible blood products to scheduled surgical patients. Several internal and external system issues were identified as a result of a root cause analysis and a number of actions were initiated.
Outcomes have been positive. Data collection post …
Population-Based Measurement Of Hospital Use In Maine Areas, 1976, David Soule
Population-Based Measurement Of Hospital Use In Maine Areas, 1976, David Soule
Maine Collection
Population-Based Measurement of Hospital Use in Maine Areas, 1976
Prepared by: David Soule, Data Analyst, Maine Health Data Service, Project Director - Maine Hospital Statistics Analysis Project, December, 1979.
With complementary funding from: Cooperative Health Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, Contract No. (HRA) 230-76-0298.
Bureau of Health Planning and Development, Maine Department of Human Services.
Maine Health Data Service. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine.
Contents; Acknowledgements / Introduction / Data Sources and Definitions / Findings / References / Appendix Tables