title: Strategies to avoid unnecessary transfusions.
abstract: The Patient Blood Management initiative is an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to improve the care of patients who might need a transfusion of blood or blood components. It is an international initiative in best practice for transfusion medicine. This final article in our five-part series on blood transfusion outlines the origin and implementation of the Patient Blood Management initiative in England, why it matters, how it works, how it can be put into practice and nurses' role in supporting it.
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Addison
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerrard
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D017046:Cost Savings; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010358:Patient Participation; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures