title: Quality control in the blood bank.
abstract: In discussing quality assurance in the blood bank, where many of the standard statistical techniques of measuring accuracy simply do not apply, three questions come to mind: How much? How often? Who says? Because of severe changes in the prospective payment plan and a new interest in cost effectiveness, many transfusion services are re-examining blood banking methodologies and their relative usefulness in promoting patient well-being. Many serologists are beginning to say that "less is better." This concern for simplification and reduction of workload is reflected in the quality control.
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control