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Informed Consent for Blood Transfusion and The Joint Commission

Author(s) -

Paul D. Mintz

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

american journal of clinical pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859

H-Index - 128

eISSN - 1943-7722

pISSN - 0002-9173

DOI - 10.1309/ajcppex1l0snqgxm

Subject(s) - commission , informed consent , joint (building) , blood transfusion , medicine , advisory committee , quality (philosophy) , political science , law , surgery , public administration , alternative medicine , engineering , pathology , architectural engineering , philosophy , epistemology

To the Editor In their interesting report, Friedman et al1 state that “informed consent for blood transfusion is a requirement of the Joint Commission.” This is not correct. The reference they cite in support of this statment2 includes the comment that “the final measures were recommended by the TAP (Technical Advisory Panel) in November 2010 and submitted to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for consideration of endorsement in December 2010. Although not endorsed for use at the …

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