Is it time to reconsider 'routine' blood tests in the hospital inpatient setting?

Intern Med J. 2019 Dec;49(12):1554-1555. doi: 10.1111/imj.14651.

Authors

Abhijit Pal¹, Eugene Moylan¹, Wei Chua^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, Department of Medical Oncology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Sydney South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 31808262
DOI: 10.1111/imj.14651

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Australia
Cost Savings
Hematologic Tests*
Humans
Inpatients*
Tertiary Care Centers
Unnecessary Procedures / statistics & numerical data*