Safety incident reports associated with blood transfusions. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Safety incident reports associated with blood transfusions. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published June 2019

Safety incident reports associated with blood transfusions.

Vossoughi S, Perez G, Whitaker BI, et al. Transfusion. 2019 Jun 29; [Epub ahead of print].

This analysis of transfusion-related safety incident reports found that such events were more commonly reported for pediatric compared to adult patients. This finding could reflect differences in reporting practices or underlying transfusion safety differences. The authors call for continued attention to transfusion safety.

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