Prospective-concurrent audits and medical consultation for platelet transfusions.
Prospective-concurrent audits and medical consultation were associated with a 56 percent decrease in the use of platelet concentrates at a tertiary care medical center. This study documents that mandatory pretransfusion review of component requests can alter hospital transfusion practices.
D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D012017:Referral and Consultation