Reducing routine inpatient blood testing

What you need to knowRoutine, repetitive laboratory testing for hospital inpatients who are clinically and biochemically stable is associated with negative patient outcomes (ie, increased length of stay, transfusion requirements, hospital acquired anaemia), wastes laboratory resources, and drives unnecessary healthcare wasteImprove test ordering practices to avoid unnecessary testing, and minimise the volume of blood phlebotomised for laboratory testsTargeted initiatives safely reduce unnecessary tests without increasing readmission rates, length of stay, adverse events, missed biochemical diagnoses, or mortalityBlood tests are a fundamental diagnostic tool for hospital clinicians; however, the routine and repetitive ordering of blood tests in patients without a clinical indication is unnecessary and represents low value care that can be avoided up to 60% of the time.1234 Low value care is defined as health services for which there is no evidence of patient benefit or where there is evidence of more harm than benefit.56 Routine and repetitive blood testing…
Read Original Article: Reducing routine inpatient blood testing »