Xincen Duan, Wenqi Shao, Wenhai Jiang, Xiao Tan, Jing Zhu, Jing Yang, Yin Zhao, Chunyan Zhang, Qian Yu, Yihui Yang, Jiaye Zhou, Baishen Pan, Beili Wang, Wei Guo
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Overutilization of phlebotomy tubes at healthcare facilities leads to iatrogenic anemia, patient dissatisfaction, and increase in operational costs. In this study, we analyzed the phlebotomy tube usage data at the Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, to show potential inefficiencies with phlebotomy tube usage. METHODS: Data of 984,078 patients with 1,408,175 orders and 4,622,349 total phlebotomy tubes were collected during years 2018-2021...
May 2023: Heliyon