Table 1.

Personnel make-up of patient blood management programs by center type^a

	Center Type
Type of Personnel	Low rate	High rate	P-valuec
Other (e.g., perfusion, pharmacy, ITb)	3 of 10	1 of 14	1.0
Quality Staff	8 of 10	11 of 14	0.27
Program/Transfusion Coordinators	6 of 10	9 of 14	0.62
Administrative	7 of 10	12 of 14	1.0
Nursing	6 of 10	9 of 14	1.0
Blood Bank/Lab	10 of 10	13 of 14	1.0
Physicians	10 of 10	14 of 14	1.0

^aOnly 24 out of 32 centers reported having a patient blood management program

^bIT: Information technology

^cDifferences between groups were compared with the use of a chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test, where appropriate.