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November 1, 2022The National Medical Journal of IndiaOpen Access

Blood ordering and utilization in patients undergoing elective general surgery procedures in a tertiary care hospital: A prospective audit

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Why the study?

Excessive blood ordering for elective surgery wastes resources, time, and workforce, whereas auditing preoperative orders can reduce costs without compromising safety.

Population

1151 patients undergoing elective general surgery procedures

Design

Hospital-based prospective audit

Authors

OSOseen ShaikhSBSandeep BhattaraiVSVijay Shankar

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Overview

May reduce unnecessary cross-matching and costs in elective surgery; leaves open broader applicability beyond single-center audits.

Structured PICO

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Population
1151 patients undergoing elective general surgery procedures in a tertiary care hospital
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Outcome
Transfusion and transfusion indices, namely cross-match-to-transfusion ratio (C/T ratio), transfusion probability (T%), transfusion index (TI) and maximum surgical blood ordering schedule (MSBOS)

Cross-matching is overused for elective surgical procedures, suggesting that a group and screen policy could safely reduce unnecessary resource utilization.

Cite This Study

Shaikh et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a4d1fb1e5d05ea8ec9b06https://doi.org/10.25259/nmji_543_19
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