Rational red blood cells administration - have we achieved a satisfactory level?

Abstract

Introduction The important indicators of the quality of work in blood transfusion banks and health care facilities in general is the ratio of the cross-matched red blood cell (RBC) units, and the number of transfused RBC, known as cross-match to transfusion ratio (C:T). The objective of this research was to provide an assessment of the quality of our work in a cross-sectional study, showing C:T ratios for certain areas of surgery or particular surgical indications. Methods We analyzed the data related to the activities of the Department for Pre-Transfusion Testing and Blood Distribution at the Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia during the September and November of 2017 period. In total, 341 patients were included in the study, for whom 1,067 RBC units were requested. Results In pre-transfusion testing, 562 units were cross-matched and 249 units were transfused. The overall C:T ratio was 2.25. There are variations in C:T by departments. For the departments of abdominal surgery and reanimation, where uncrossmatched RBC units were requested, C:T was < 2. Other departments had C:T > 3 for almost all therapeutic areas. Conclusion Our results show that the C:T ratio ranged 2.02-3.6, indicating the need to reevaluate the protocols based on which the blood is requested according to individual indications, to adequately prepare patients for surgery in order to reduce the risk of possible allogeneic transfusion, and to apply Patient Blood Management protocols, which include the use of alternatives to allogeneic blood transfusion.

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