Reducing perioperative red blood cell unit issue orders, returns, and waste using failure modes and effects analysis.
Sunny S LouMegan M DeweyMara L BolliniDerek R HarfordCindy IngoldTroy S WildesTracey W StevensJackie L MartinBrenda J GrossmanIvan KangrgaPublished in: Transfusion (2023)
Our intervention, designed based on a structured failure modes analysis, achieved sustained reductions in perioperative RBC unit issue orders, returns, and waste, with associated benefits for blood conservation and transfusion program costs.