Eliminating Unnecessary Premedications before Outpatient Transfusions

Presenter Information

Shraddha Patel Babariya, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Mary Harach, BS, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ), SSGB, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Joanne Filicko-O'Hara, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Lindsay Wilde, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Anne Delengowski, RN, MSN, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Alexis R. Peedin, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Julie Katz Karp, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Start Date

5-28-2020 7:30 AM

End Date

5-28-2020 8:30 AM

Description

Aims for Improvement

Our aim is to eliminate premedication prior to outpatient transfusions in patients without a prior transfusion reaction by 75% within 1 year.

Keywords

premedication, transfusion reaction, infusion center

Comments

Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference