Improving Blood Product Transfusion Premedication Plan Documentation: A Single-institution Quality Improvement Effort.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Premedication with acetaminophen and/or diphenhydramine to prevent febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions and minor allergic transfusion reactions is a common practice based on historical recommendations. However, recent small randomized-controlled trials showed no benefit of premedication. This inconsistency leads to practice variability, which results in the inefficiency of our institution's blood product ordering process. This project aimed to improve the number of transfusion encounters with premedication plan documentation from a baseline of 19% to 80% in 12 months.

Methods

A multidisciplinary quality improvement (QI) team used QI tools to design interventions to improve the efficiency of the ordering process for blood products. Measures were tracked mo

SUBMITTER: Sitthi-Amorn J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197348 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature