Evaluation of Transfusion Practices in a Blood Bank at a Tertiary Care Teaching Centre
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: The transfusion requirements for patients undergoing surgical procedures are often overestimated. The consequence of such a practice include increased cost to the patient, outdating of blood, overburdening of blood bank personnel, depletion of blood bank resources, and wastage of time. In view of this, the present study was conducted to assess blood transfusion request patterns and usage in order to appraise transfusion practices. Materials and Methods: The present retrospective study was carried over 500 patients who required blood transfusion during elective or emergency procedures in the hospital. The data was collected from registers of blood bank and from requisition forms. The cross matched blood which was obtained but not transfused was assessed. Data so obtained was and analyzed using SPSS version 22 and expressed as number and percentage as required. Results: Out of total 1356 units of requested blood, 433 (32%) were ordered by Surgery department, 216 (16%) by medicine, 395 (29%) by gynaecology and 312 (23%) by orthopedics. Out of requested blood, 53% was transfused. 62% was transfused by surgery, 51% by medicine, 52% by gynaecology and 43% by orthopedics. Conclusion: The present study found that in our hospital set-up, out of the total amount of blood requested and cross-matched for patients about approximate half of the amount was actually utilized. This increases workload as well as financial costs, henceforth policies for ordering a transfusion are required to be put into practice based upon discussion, audits and agreement made by the Hospital Transfusion Committee.
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Ramu Thakur, Priyanka Solanki
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.1.131
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