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Background and study aims Blood transfusion is a frequently used clinical treatment, but it’s a costly and scarce resource. There are many cases where patients have been given blood transfusions when there has been no clinical need. Such transfusions are unnecessary and can put patients at risk of the wrong type of blood transfusion or infection. National audits of transfusion give information on compliance with standards and the number of unnecessary transfusions. “Audit and feedback” (A&F) seeks to improve patient care by reviewing health care performance against agreed standards. It allows changes to be made in areas where problems with patient care has been found. Here, we want to design and test an enhanced A&F intervention in order to promote uptake of evidence-based guidance and reduce the number of unnecessary blood transfusions. Who can participate? NHS trusts/health boards participating in the relevant national audit programme. What does the study involve? NHS trusts / health boards are randomly allocated to receive different ways of providing feedback following a clinical audit in two linked cluster trials. The data collected is then used as part of the NHS Blood and Transplant National Comparative Audit (NHSBT NCA) to evaluate the feedback. NHSBT NCA is a well-established quality improvement activity which compares current best practice with an agreed standard in blood transfusion practice. What are the possible benefits and risks of participating? Not provided at time of registration. Where is the study run from? A number of NHS trusts in the UK When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for? January 2014 to December 2017 Who is funding the study? National Institute for Health Research (UK) Who is the main contact? Miss Cathryn Tyas

Critère d'inclusion

• Topic: Haematology; Subtopic: Blood (all Subtopics); Disease: Non-malignant haematology

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