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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2014 Sep;121(3):501–509. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000338

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Annualized costs for type and screen and type and crossmatch blood orders are shown for all surgical and all hospitalized patients included in the study. After implementation of the MSBOS and EBRS, annual costs decreased by $137,223 in surgical patients ($6.08/patient) and by $298,966 ($6.20/patient) in all hospitalized patients. EBRS = remote electronic blood release system, MSBOS = maximum surgical blood order schedule.