Alyssa F. Ziman, MD

1. Optimizing Inpatient Blood Utilization Using Real-Time Clinical Decision Support.(Link is external)
   Ikoma S, Furukawa M, Busuttil A, Ward D, Baldwin K, Mayne J, Clarke R, Ziman A.
   Appl Clin Inform. 2021 Jan;12(1):49-56. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1721779. Epub 2021 Jan 27.
   PMID: 33506477
2. Red-blood-cell alloimmunization and prophylactic antigen matching for transfusion in patients with warm autoantibodies.(Link is external)
   Delaney M, Apelseth TO, Bonet Bub C, Cohn CS, Dunbar NM, Mauro Kutner J, Murphy M, Perelman I, Selleng K, Staves J, Wendel S, Ziman A; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative.
   Vox Sang. 2020 Aug;115(6):515-524. doi: 10.1111/vox.12914. Epub 2020 Apr 6.
   PMID: 32249930
3. How do you… decide which platelet bacterial risk mitigation strategy to select for your hospital-based transfusion service?(Link is external)
   Lu W, Delaney M, Flegel WA, Ness P, Ratcliffe N, Triulzi DJ, Yazer MH, Ziman A, Dunbar NM.
   Transfusion. 2020 Apr;60(4):675-681. doi: 10.1111/trf.15693. Epub 2020 Feb 6.
   PMID: 32027394
4. An international investigation into O red blood cell unit administration in hospitals: the GRoup O Utilization Patterns (GROUP) study.(Link is external)
   Zeller MP, Barty R, Aandahl A, Apelseth TO, Callum J, Dunbar NM, Elahie A, Garritsen H, Hancock H, Kutner JM, Manukian B, Mizuta S, Okuda M, Pagano MB, Poglód R, Rushford K, Selleng K, Sørensen CH, Sprogøe U, Staves J, Weiland T, Wendel S, Wood EM, van de Watering L, van Wordragen-Vlaswinkel M, Ziman A, Jan Zwaginga J, Murphy MF, Heddle NM, Yazer MH; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative.
   Transfusion. 2017 Oct;57(10):2329-2337. doi: 10.1111/trf.14255. Epub 2017 Aug 25.
   PMID: 28840943
5. Safety of the use of group A plasma in trauma: the STAT study.(Link is external)
   Dunbar NM, Yazer MH; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative and the STAT Study Investigators.
   Transfusion. 2017 Aug;57(8):1879-1884. doi: 10.1111/trf.14139. Epub 2017 Jun 8.
   PMID: 28597478
6. Warm-reactive (immunoglobulin G) autoantibodies and laboratory testing best practices: review of the literature and survey of current practice.(Link is external)
   Ziman A, Cohn C, Carey PM, Dunbar NM, Fung MK, Greinacher A, Stanworth S, Heddle NM, Delaney M; the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative.
   Transfusion. 2017 Feb;57(2):463-477. doi: 10.1111/trf.13903. Epub 2016 Dec 4.
   PMID: 27917465 Review.
7. Transfusion reactions: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.(Link is external)
   Delaney M, Wendel S, Bercovitz RS, Cid J, Cohn C, Dunbar NM, Apelseth TO, Popovsky M, Stanworth SJ, Tinmouth A, Van De Watering L, Waters JH, Yazer M, Ziman A; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative.
   Lancet. 2016 Dec 3;388(10061):2825-2836. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01313-6. Epub 2016 Apr 12.
   PMID: 27083327 Review.
8. Electronic patient identification for sample labeling reduces wrong blood in tube errors.(Link is external)
   Kaufman RM, Dinh A, Cohn CS, Fung MK, Gorlin J, Melanson S, Murphy MF, Ziman A, Elahie AL, Chasse D, Degree L, Dunbar NM, Dzik WH, Flanagan P, Gabert K, Ipe TS, Jackson B, Lane D, Raspollini E, Ray C, Sharon Y, Ellis M, Selleng K, Staves J, Yu P, Zeller M, Yazer M; BEST Collaborative.
   Transfusion. 2019 Mar;59(3):972-980. doi: 10.1111/trf.15102. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
   PMID: 30549289
9. The Crossmatch/Issue Ratio:  Use of a Novel Quality Indicator and Results of an International Survey on RBC Crossmatching and Issuing Practices.(Link is external)
   Yazer MH, Alcantara R, Beizai P, Draper NL, Harm SK, Kutner JM, Lin D, Poglod R, Rogers TS, Sørensen CH, Sprogøe U, Welbig J, Yuen J, Ziman A; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusions (BEST) Collaborative.
   Am J Clin Pathol. 2016 Aug;146(2):238-43. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqw107.
   PMID: 27473742
10. Survival after ultramassive transfusion: a review of 1360 cases.(Link is external)
    Dzik WS, Ziman A, Cohn C, Pai M, Lozano M, Kaufman RM, Delaney M, Selleng K, Murphy MF, Hervig T, Yazer M; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative.
    Transfusion. 2016 Mar;56(3):558-63. doi: 10.1111/trf.13370. Epub 2015 Oct 9.
    PMID: 26450364 Review.

Link to my PubMed publications(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Warm Autoantibody Best Practices with Alyssa Ziman and Meghan Delaney, Jan. 2021(Link is external)

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• HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence Health IT Achievements Showcase (2018)
• ASCP Choosing Wisely Champions (2019)

• uclahealth.org/pathology
• uclahealth.org/gotblood