Over the past year, we have observed three instances in which patients with advanced cancer received blood products solely for the purpose of altering a laboratory value to satisfy eligibility ...

The transfusion audit (i.e. clinical audit) is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes, through the systematic review of the use of transfused blood components ...

A series of hearings to evaluate unfair labor practice charges against Cayuga Medical Center have resumed this past Monday. This National Labor Relation Board court hearing will consider allegations ...

A new blood transfusion strategy developed on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan looks like the best way to save civilians bleeding out from severe wounds, a new study reports. A blood ...

Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...

SIOUX CITY | Beginning Sunday, staff at Mercy Medical Center -- Sioux City, will step up efforts to conserve red blood cells. A shortage of donated blood isn't the reason for the safeguard, but ...

A blood transfusion can be a life-saving intervention if you’ve lost a lot of blood due to illness or injury, but there are some limits. How many blood transfusions you can safely have depends on your ...

Working to save the lives of military personnel suffering massive blood loss in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, United States military trauma surgeons developed a blood transfusion protocol that is ...

And that’s especially true when trauma and severe blood loss are involved. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people 45 and younger, and among trauma patients, uncontrolled bleeding is the ...

Clinical transfusion guidelines are tools used to aid clinicians with the appropriate use of blood components in the treatment of patients. These guidelines are not absolute rules but will rather ...