The effectiveness of a de-implementation strategy to reduce low-value blood management techniques in primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial

The effectiveness of a de-implementation strategy to reduce low-value blood management techniques in primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Perioperative autologous blood salvage and preoperative erythropoietin are not (cost) effective to reduce allogeneic transfusion in primary hip and knee arthroplasty, but are still used. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a theoretically informed multifaceted strat...

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Main Authors: Veronique M. A. Voorn, Perla J. Marang-van de Mheen, Anja van der Hout, Stefanie N. Hofstede, Cynthia So-Osman, M. Elske van den Akker-van Marle, Ad A. Kaptein, Theo Stijnen, Ankie W. M. M. Koopman-van Gemert, Albert Dahan, Thea P. M. M. Vliet Vlieland, Rob G. H. H. Nelissen, Leti van Bodegom-Vos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2017-05-01
Series:Implementation Science
Subjects:
De-implementation
Low-value care
Multifaceted strategy
Hip and knee arthroplasty
Perioperative autologous blood salvage
Preoperative erythropoietin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13012-017-0601-0

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