Responsabilização médica e a diminuição de transfusões: [carta ao editor] / Medical responsibility and decreased number of transfusions: [letter to editor]

ABSTRACT

This study describes the impact of the implantation of a document ofresponsibility that should be followed by doctors who do not complywith the guidelines of Hospital de Clínicas when prescribing packedred blood cells. Data analysis shows that the compulsory nature ofthe responsibility terms significantly decreases the number of packedred blood cells transfused in opposition to the Institution guidelines(p < 0.001). Rev. bras. hematol. hemoter. 2008; 30(4)333-334..