Managing transfusion service quality.
Arch Pathol Lab Med
; 135(11): 1415-24, 2011 Nov.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22032567
ABSTRACT
CONTEXT Providing blood products for transfusions is a complex process subject to errors both within and outside the transfusion service. Transfusion-related errors can have grave consequences for the patient undergoing transfusion. As with many processes performed within health care systems, there is an expectation of error-free practice. Although this is an unobtainable goal, a focused quality-management plan, employing a medical event reporting system in a just working environment, can effect measurable system-quality improvement. OBJECTIVE:
To illustrate the intrinsic value of quality-improvement activities through discussion of examples of quality misadventures from our transfusion service during the past 20 years. DATA SOURCES Examples of quality-improvement activities were extracted from our quality-system archives. The published literature on transfusion quality was reviewed.CONCLUSIONS:
Active reporting, structured investigation, and systematic resolution of transfusion-related errors are effective methods for improving and maintaining transfusion quality.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde
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Transfusão de Sangue
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Atenção à Saúde
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article