Title: How safe is safe enough, who decides and how? From a zero-risk paradigm to risk-based decision making.
Authors: Menitove, Jay E.; Leach Bennett, Judie; Tomasulo, Peter; Katz, Louis M.
Abstract: The article offers information on the significance of the Patient blood management programs supported by practitioners of transfusion medicine in the states of the U.S. It informs that these programs create liberal transfusion strategies for promoting transfusion therapy and use of randomized controlled trials. Topics discussed include the Alliance of Blood Operators, Risk-based Decision Making Project and health care spending in the U.S.
Subjects: UNITED States; BLOOD transfusion; HOSPITAL transfusion committees; MEDICAL care costs; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; DONOR blood supply; DECISION making
Publication: Transfusion, 2014, Vol 54, Issue 3pt2, p753
ISSN: 0041-1132
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12569

How safe is safe enough, who decides and how? From a zero-risk paradigm to risk-based decision making.

Menitove, Jay E.; Leach Bennett, Judie; Tomasulo, Peter; Katz, Louis M.