Recurrent, inappropriate laboratory testing is a costly and wasteful use of healthcare
resources. Recognizing this problem, the American Board of Internal Medicine, Canadian …

Laboratory test overutilization increases health care costs, leads to unwarranted
investigations, and may have a negative impact on health outcomes. The American Society …

Background Laboratory overutilisation increases healthcare costs, and can lead to
overdiagnosis, overtreatment and negative health outcomes. Discipline-specific guidelines …

Background/context Despite Choosing Wisely recommendations for single unit red blood
cell transfusion orders,~ 50% of orders on the oncology ward at London Health Sciences …

About one-quarter of all long-term care (LTC) residents are transferred to an emergency
department (ED) every 6 months in Ontario, Canada. When residents are unable to describe …

Topical medications (such as oxymetazoline, tranexamic acid or lidocaine with epinephrine
on a cotton pad) can help control bleeding. 3 Once a source of bleeding is visualized, it can …

Introduction Testing of 25-hydroxy (25-OH) vitamin D serum levels has increased drastically
in recent years and much of it is considered inappropriate based on current guidelines …

Mandatory enrichment of wheat flour in Canada with folic acid since 1998 has caused folate
deficiency to be rare. There were 3019 red blood cell (RBC) folate tests performed during an …

Background In-hospital glycaemic management can reduce post-transplant morbidity, but is
not always part of transplant care. Objective We aimed to reduce the mean number of …

Gaucher disease screening at a general adult hematology tertiary care centre: A prospective
study Gaucher disease screening at a general adult hematology tertiary care centre: A …