title: Quality assessment and improvement of transfusion practices.
abstract: A successful quality assessment program simultaneously creates, sustains and documents excellence in patient care. As clinical practices evolve, it helps to assure their continuing improvement. The program strives to eliminate unnecessary transfusions as the cornerstone of transfusion safety. It should be conducted in a professional, nonadversarial, and educational manner.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Mintz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000592:standards*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D003211:Concurrent Review; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review