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Challenges in reliable preoperative blood ordering: A qualitative interview study.

Phillip Yang¹, Emma P Zijlstra¹, Bruce L Hall²

¹Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

|September 16, 2024

Summary

Clinicians find presurgical blood ordering inconsistent due to poor communication and lack of information on transfusion risks. Improving education and information sharing can enhance decision-making for blood product preparation.

Keywords:

blood management clinician practice patterns perioperative medicine transfusion practices (adult)

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Healthcare Management

Background:

Presurgical blood ordering is critical for patient safety but often leads to excess orders, increasing costs.
Understanding clinician perceptions is key to optimizing the presurgical blood ordering process.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess clinician perceptions of the current presurgical blood ordering process.
To identify perceived barriers to reliable decision-making in presurgical blood ordering.

Main Methods:

A descriptive qualitative study was conducted at a large academic medical center.
Semi-structured interviews were performed with various healthcare professionals involved in presurgical care.
Data analysis involved inductive open coding and thematic analysis.

Main Results:

Twenty-three clinicians reported inconsistencies in the presurgical blood ordering process.
Key barriers included lack of information on surgical transfusion risk, poor communication, and varying clinician experience.
Disagreements on blood product over/under-preparation and the safety of emergency-release blood contributed to inconsistency.

Conclusions:

Significant barriers hinder reliable decision-making for presurgical blood orders.
Enhanced information sharing among stakeholders and education on safe transfusion practices are recommended.
Improving these areas may lead to more consistent and effective presurgical blood ordering.