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  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Transfusion Medicine
  • Quality Improvement

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  • Wide variability in blood transfusion rates after primary total hip (THA) and knee arthroplasty (TKA) was observed across Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative (MARCQI) member hospitals.
  • Blood transfusions carry risks, necessitating adherence to established guidelines for transfusion practices.
  • MARCQI initiated a quality improvement program to reduce unnecessary transfusions by identifying outliers and promoting conservative transfusion strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of a collaborative quality initiative on blood transfusion rates and associated outcomes following primary unilateral total hip and knee arthroplasty.
  • To assess the effectiveness of identifying and reporting transfusion outliers and recommending conservative transfusion guidelines.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of MARCQI-registered unilateral TKA and THA cases from 28 hospitals across three time periods (pre-November 2013, Nov 2013-Nov 2014, post-Nov 2014).
  • Calculation of transfusion rates, transfusion with hemoglobin >8 g/dL, length of stay, and 90-day adverse outcomes (nursing home discharge, readmission, infection, ED visits).

Main Results:

  • Significant decreases in transfusion rates for both THA (12.6% to 4.5%) and TKA (6.3% to 1.3%) were observed over the study periods.
  • Transfusions with a nadir hemoglobin >8 g/dL were nearly eliminated, indicating a reduction in unnecessary transfusions.
  • No increase in length of stay or adverse 90-day outcomes, including discharge to nursing home, readmission, deep infection, or emergency department visits, was detected.

Conclusions:

  • A straightforward intervention, facilitated by a collaborative registry, can effectively decrease unnecessary blood transfusions in elective primary THA and TKA.
  • This approach demonstrates the potential of collaborative registries to enhance patient care quality and establish new benchmarks for transfusion practices in arthroplasty surgery.