Risk perception of blood transfusions - a comparison of patients and allied healthcare professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to an increasing demand in health care services plans to substitute selective physician-conducted medical activities have become attractive. Because administration of a blood transfusion is a highly standardized procedure, it might be evaluated if obtaining a patient's consent for a blood transfusion can be delegated to allied healthcare professionals. Physicians and patients perceive risks of transfusions differently. However, it is unknown how allied healthcare professionals perceive risks of transfusion-associated adverse events.

Methods

Patients (n = 506) and allied healthcare professionals (n = 185) of an academic teaching hospital were asked to quantify their concerns about transfusions including five predefined transfusion-associated risks and their inc

SUBMITTER: Graw JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5816539 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature