"Effectiveness of a Prospective Physician Self-Audit Transfusion-Monitoring System."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Transfusion, "Background: The purpose of this study was to search for a more effective transfusion-monitoring system than the existing system of retrospective peer review. Study Design and Methods: This research used a study-control, preintervention and postintervention design, to evaluate the effectiveness of a prospective physician self-audit transfusion-monitoring system that functioned without the direct involvement of transfusion service physicians. This research also evaluated the effectiveness of issuing to physicians a memo with transfusion guidelines. Three process indicators were used to assess...

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