Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04823273
Blood Transfusion Reduction - QI Project
Blood Transfusion Reduction Quality Improvement Project
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1,640 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Blood Banks of large medical centers have large annual budgets, typically millions of dollars. Blood product wastage results in not only in a loss of the product's cost, but also of the fees involved in transporting, handling, and administering these products. Optimal utilization of blood products requires a balance between maximizing patient clinical outcomes while avoiding unnecessary costs and risks associated with transfusions. This project will specifically focus on packed red blood cell transfusions (pRBCs). There are clear guidelines for transfusing pRBCs however these guidelines are not always followed. pRBC transfusions outside of recommended guidelines is associated with increased risk of harm to patients. Our aim is to improve adherence to guideline indicated pRBC transfusions for patient in the UCHealth system thereby decreasing inappropriate (non-guideline indicated) pRBC transfusions. We will conduct a QI project seeking to improve pRBC transfusion guideline adherence. This project will involve data review to establish baseline rates, multimodal interventions to improve adherence to pRBC transfusion guidelines including provider education, modifications to the electronic ordering interface, and changing blood back policies at participating institutions.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | General improvement | Changes to interface to be more intuitive. |
| BEHAVIORAL | In-line help text | General improvement + in-line help text |
| BEHAVIORAL | Interruptive alert | General improvement + interruptive alert |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2021-04-06
- Primary completion
- 2022-04-05
- Completion
- 2022-10-15
- First posted
- 2021-03-30
- Last updated
- 2023-05-10
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04823273. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.