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We evaluated a non-interruptive clinical decision support (CDS) intervention to discourage automatic HgbA1c testing in patients with recent transfusions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>A retrospective, observational analysis of the number and percentage of HgbA1c tests performed on inpatients within 7 days of a red blood cell transfusion over a 40-month period.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Preintervention, clinicians ordered an average of 827 HgbA1c tests\/month on inpatients. Of these, 11.7% (97 tests\/month) were on patients who received a red blood cell transfusion within the preceding 7 days. Postintervention, clinicians ordered an average of 832 HgbA1c tests per month on inpatients, of which 5.8% (48 tests\/month) were performed within 7 days of red blood cell transfusions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>A non-interruptive CDS intervention can significantly decrease the number of HgbA1c tests performed in hospitalized patients who received a red blood cell transfusion, a common cause of erroneous HgbA1c values. 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