Effectiveness of implementation of sickle cell disease referral guidelines and other measures in paediatric department at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia
Staff education and adherence to guidelines are major priorities for the implementation of SCD referral guidelines in the paediatric department. This improves the utilisation of hospital resources, decreases the staff workload, hospital costs for unnecessary investigations and enhances the psychological care for families of patients with SCD.
Authors
- Mansour Aladwani
- Abdulrhman Alathaibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4356-2658)
- Muhammad Matloob Alam
- Hamdan Alghamdi
- Jean B. De Asis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9492-0181)
- Mustafa Mohamed Selim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7058-4406)
- Reynan S. Bautista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9449-4015)
Institutions
- Cairo University (EG)
- Armed Forces Hospital (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Quality
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2024-002800
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00