Table 3.
Mechanisms used to set institutional blood management performance targets by center type
| Center Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanism | Low rate | High rate | P-valuea |
| Turnaround time for emergency/stat requests | 4 of 9 | 5 of 10 | 0.36 |
| Reporting of near-miss events | 6 of 9 | 10 of 10 | 0.09 |
| Reporting of adverse events | 7 of 9 | 10 of 10 | 0.21 |
| Blood usage within institutional guidelines | 6 of 9 | 6 of 10 | 0.23 |
| Wastage of all blood components | 7 of 9 | 10 of 10 | 0.21 |
| Adherence to massive transfusion guidelines | 7 of 9 | 10 of 10 | 0.21 |
a
Differences between groups were compared with the use of a chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test, where appropriate.