Programs educate physicians on costs, use of blood.
Excessive preoperative ordering of cross-matched blood that is not transfused has been shown to increase outdating of blood; several programs, including blood ordering guidelines, "type and screen" procedures, and direct physician education are achieving some success in reducing unnecessary ordering and cross-matching.
D001771:Blood Banks / Q000191:economics*; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States