Blood wastage management in a regional blood transfusion centre

Shahshahani, H Javadzadeh; Taghvai, N.

doi:10.1111/tme.12433

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“…A study conducted at a blood bank in Iran showed that plasma bag discharges over the two-year period (2010 to 2012) were 93.9% of the total bags produced (n=37,129). The study pointed out that puncturing of pouches due to technical failures during processing was the main reason for the disposal of fresh frozen plasma (13) .…”

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Financial cost of whole blood and blood component disposals in a Brazilian coordinating blood center

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Objective: To describe the reasons for the disposal of blood in the coordinating blood center of the State of Paraná and to estimate the financial costs resulting from potentially avoidable discards. Method: A descriptive, retrospective and documentary analysis, with data related to the period from 2010 to 2015 of a Brazilian coordinating blood center collected from a governmental database and analyzed by descriptive statistics. This study was approved by the Ethics Research Committee (CAEE 63074916.0.0000.5225). Results: 101,813 units were discarded, representing 22.3% of the total of 455,684 produced; plasma was the most discharged blood component. The main reason for discarding was lipemia (35.8%); the analysis showed that 56.9% of the disposals were considered potentially avoidable with an estimated paid value of approximately US$2 million. Conclusion: The expressive potential of avoidance of disposal of blood units and blood components highlights the importance of planning actions aiming at their best use, contributing to the reduction of amounts paid for these processes.

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Financial cost of whole blood and blood component disposals in a Brazilian coordinating blood center

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“…The number of STAT, or ad hoc, products would serve as a fast indicator of understocking as we would expect STAT orders to increase if routine stock was not meeting demand . Finally, wastage due to expiration served as an indicator of systemic overstocking . We found measuring wastage over monthly time frames to be more informative due to the time scale of product shelf life.…”

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“…On the other hand, holding surplus stock can lead to untimely wastage of limited lifesaving resources and health care dollars. Health care supply chain management presents vast opportunities to eliminate wastes, remove excess costs, and, in the meantime, increase efficiency and effectiveness . Along the health care supply chain, ideally, all the interwoven business activities and operations are integrated via a continuous, seamless flow for effective health care service delivery …”

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Streamlining a blood center and hospital transfusion service supply chain with an informatics vendor‐managed inventory solution: development, implementation, and 3‐month follow‐up

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“…That includes careful planning of blood collection and effective stock management. The ultimate goal is low discard rate of blood components . At CITM, significant reduction in outdated platelet concentrates has been achieved by changing the method of platelet preparation from PRP to buffy‐coat method.…”

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When things go badly – Managing quality problems and complaints in transfusion medicine

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2018

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Continuous and dynamic progress in all segments of transfusion medicine has significantly improved the quality, safety and efficacy of transfusion therapy. In addition to the scientific and technological innovations, implementation of the quality system and haemovigilance in blood establishments significantly contributed to this progress. Despite the fact that most of the activities in transfusion chain take place without problems, some risks are still present and even the best organized and managed systems are sometimes faced with quality problems and complaints. In transfusion medicine, their causes are mostly related to the biological origin of blood products, while the complexity of the process and a large number of participants in transfusion chain facilitates the occurrence of errors. Some quality problems are caused by materials and equipment used in product realization, inadequate education or skills of the staff, suboptimal planning and organization of work. The best approach to managing quality problems is preventative approach, including comprehensive risk management, education, defining critical control points, permanent quality monitoring and audits. Quality problems and complaints should be resolved in a timely manner, following the standardized protocol with clearly defined responsibilities. All procedures and decisions should be documented and traceable. The root cause analysis of the problem should be carried out and followed by appropriate corrective actions. The ultimate goal is to increase quality, safety, productivity, efficiency and customer satisfaction, while reducing defects and costs.

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Blood wastage management in a regional blood transfusion centre

Abstract: Interventions had a significant impact on the reduction of blood wastage with respect to both cost and blood supply saving.

Cited by 25 publications

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Financial cost of whole blood and blood component disposals in a Brazilian coordinating blood center

Financial cost of whole blood and blood component disposals in a Brazilian coordinating blood center

Streamlining a blood center and hospital transfusion service supply chain with an informatics vendor‐managed inventory solution: development, implementation, and 3‐month follow‐up

When things go badly – Managing quality problems and complaints in transfusion medicine

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