Evidence-based medicine optimizes patient care to provide appropriate patient oversite. By
providing the patient with treatment that has benefits, blood management programs have …

Excessive preoperative crossmatching can be limited with a maximum surgical blood order
schedule (MSBOS). Physician compliance with MSBOS recommendations, however, may be …

Objectives: The maximum surgical blood ordering schedule (MSBOS) provides guidelines
for pre-operative pre-transfusion testing for elective surgical procedures. This study …

Blood is a perishable product, and hence good management of inventories is crucial. Blood
inventory management is a trade-off between shortage and wastage. The challenge is to …

Aim: This study aimed at establishing the clinical utility of the surgical blood order equation
(SBOE) in patients undergoing femoral fracture surgery. Background: A blood ordering …

Objectives: Blood transfusion was identified by the American Medical Association as one of
the top five most frequently overused therapies. Utilization review has been required by …

Background Transfusion of red blood cells (RBC) is a common procedure, which when
prescribed inappropriately can result in adverse patient outcomes. This study sought to …

Objectives To determine what percentage of red blood cell (RBC) units that were issued to
the operating room (OR) were returned unused, and to determine how often all of the RBCs …

The maximum surgical blood ordering schedule (MSBOS) was developed to permit efficient
use of blood stocks and reduce blood wastage due to outdating. Success of the MSBOS …

Background: Patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgeries often incur excess blood
loss necessitating transfusion. The preoperative placement of blood requests frequently …