TY - JOUR T1 - Current red cell transfusion practice: are we too liberal with this precious resource? JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - s71 LP - s72 DO - 10.7861/fhj.7.1.s71 VL - 7 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Diana Slim AU - Susannah Rynhart AU - Mathew Sheridan AU - Rahul Shrimanker AU - Emily Bowen Y1 - 2020/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/Suppl_1/s71.abstract N2 - Current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance recommends restrictive thresholds for red cell transfusion, dependent upon patient factors such as haemodynamic status.1NICE also recommends that individuals should be provided with information regarding the risks and benefits of blood transfusion and those patients should give informed consent prior to blood transfusion.Informed consent is a recurrent theme in the Infected Blood Inquiry.2We audited red cell transfusion (RCTx) practices according to NICE guidelines and examined documentation around consent.The study consisted of 4 parts. Part 1: Audit of medical inpatients in receipt of RCTx … ER -