Reducing Unnecessary Type and Screens Prior to Thoracic Surgery: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Previous work identified that routine preoperative type and screen (T&S) testing before elective thoracic surgery is overutilized. We hypothesized that instituting a quality improvement (QI) initiative to change practice would significantly reduce this unnecessary testing, reduce costs, and impr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of surgical research 2023-03, Vol.283, p.743-750
Hauptverfasser:	Finley, David J., Fay, Kayla A., Porter, Eleah D., Hasson, Rian M., Millington, Timothy M., Phillips, Joseph D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Blood Transfusion Humans Medicare Preoperative type and screen Pulmonary Surgical Procedures Quality Improvement Thoracic Surgery United States
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