Quality standard

Quality statements

Quality statements

Statement 1 People with iron-deficiency anaemia who are having surgery are offered iron supplementation before and after surgery.

Statement 2 Adults who are having surgery and expected to have moderate blood loss are offered tranexamic acid.

Statement 3 People are clinically reassessed and have their haemoglobin levels checked after each unit of red blood cells they receive, unless they are bleeding or are on a chronic transfusion programme.

Statement 4 People who may need or who have had a transfusion are given verbal and written information about blood transfusion.

NICE has developed guidance and a quality standard on patient experience in adult NHS services, which should be considered alongside these quality statements.

A full list of NICE quality standards is available from the quality standards topic library.