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Vijenthira S, Armali C, Downie H, Wilson A, Paton K, Berry B, Wu HX, Robitaille A, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Callum J. Registration errors among patients receiving blood transfusions: a national analysis from 2008 to 2017. Vox Sang 2020; 116:225-233. [PMID: 32996605 DOI: 10.1111/vox.13007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The key first step for a safe blood transfusion is patient registration for identification and linking to past medical and transfusion history. In Canada, any deviation from standard operating procedures in transfusion is an error voluntarily reportable to a national database (Transfusion Error Surveillance System [TESS]). We used this database to characterize the subset of registration-related errors impacting transfusion care, including where, when and why the errors occurred, and to identify frequent high-risk errors. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted on transfusion errors reported to TESS by sentinel reporting sites relating to patient registration and patient armbands, between 2008 and 2017. Free-text comments describing the error were coded to further categorize into common error types. The number of specimens received in the transfusion laboratory was used as the denominator for rates to allow for comparison between hospital sites. RESULTS Five hundred and fifty-four registration errors were reported from 10 hospitals, for a global error rate of 5·4/10 000 samples (median 5·0 [interquartile range 3·7-7·0]). The potential severity was high in 85·7% of errors (n = 475). The patient experienced a consequence in 10·8% of errors (n = 60), but none resulted in patient harm. Rates varied widely and differed by nature across sites. Errors most commonly occurred in outpatient clinics or procedure units (n = 160, 28·8%) and in emergency departments (n = 130, 23·5%). CONCLUSION Registration errors affect transfusion at every step and location in the hospital and are commonly high risk. Further research into common root causes is warranted to identify preventative strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Hematology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Blood Safety Surveillance Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Blood Safety Surveillance Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Bolton‐Maggs PHB, Watt A. Transfusion errors — can they be eliminated? Br J Haematol 2019; 189:9-20. [DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Serious Hazards of Transfusion Manchester Blood Centre Manchester UK
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Transfusion Safety: The Nature and Outcomes of Errors in Patient Registration. Transfus Med Rev 2019; 33:78-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2018.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Callum J, Etchells E, Shojania K. Addressing the identity crisis in healthcare: positive patient identification technology reduces wrong patient events. Transfusion 2019; 59:899-902. [DOI: 10.1111/trf.15160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jeannie Callum
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto Ontario Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
- Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
- Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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Howanitz PJ, Darcy TP, Meier FA, Bashleben CP. Assessing Clinical Laboratory Quality: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Study of Prothrombin Time INR Structures, Processes, and Outcomes in 98 Laboratories. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2015; 139:1108-14. [DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0464-cp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Context
The anticoagulant warfarin has been identified as the second most frequent drug responsible for serious, disabling, and fatal adverse drug events in the United States, and its effect on blood coagulation is monitored by the laboratory test called international normalized ratio (INR).
Objective
To determine the presence of INR policies and procedures, INR practices, and completeness and timeliness of reporting critical INR results in participants' clinical laboratories.
Design
Participants reviewed their INR policies and procedure requirements, identified their practices by using a questionnaire, and studied completeness of documentation and timeliness of reporting critical value INR results for outpatients and emergency department patients.
Results
In 98 participating institutions, the 5 required policies and procedures were in place in 93% to 99% of clinical laboratories. Fifteen options for the allowable variations among duplicate results from different analyzers, 12 different timeliness goals for reporting critical values, and 18 unique critical value limits were used by participants. All required documentation elements were present in 94.8% of 192 reviewed INR validation reports. Critical value INR results were reported within the time frame established by the laboratory for 93.4% of 2604 results, but 1.0% of results were not reported. Although the median laboratories successfully communicated all critical results within their established time frames and had all the required validation elements based in their 2 most recent INR calculations, those participants at the lowest 10th percentile were successful in 80.0% and 85.7% of these requirements, respectively.
Conclusions
Significant opportunities exist for adherence to INR procedural requirements and for practice patterns and timeliness goals for INR critical results' reporting.
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- From the Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (Dr Howanitz); the Department of Pathology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, (Dr Darcy); the Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan (Dr Meier), and the Surveys Department, College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois (Ms
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Sánchez XMM. [Patient identification errors]. ENFERMERIA CLINICA 2011; 21:295-6. [PMID: 21889387 DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2011.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2011] [Accepted: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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