Retrospective Analysis of Reasons for Discarding Whole Blood and Blood Components at Tertiary Care Hospital Blood Bank in South Gujarat
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 9
Abstract
Introduction: Blood transfusion is an integral part of medical practice. Proper utilization of blood and its components with minimal wastage is necessary because each unit of blood is precious. In this study, the aim was to find out the main causes for discarding whole blood and components so that the wastage can be minimized and sufficient amount of safe blood can be sup-plied. Materials and Methods: A retro-spective study was carried out dur-ing January 2015 to December 2015 at tertiary care hospital blood bank in Surat, Gujarat. Results: Of the 19338 blood compo-nents prepared, 2256 (11.6%) were discarded. The main reason for dis-carding blood and blood compo-nents were expiry of Platelet concen-trate (27.4%) followed by Fresh Fro-zen Plasma due to leakage (25.7%) and lipemic (11.4%) cause, subop-timal collection of blood units(16.1%), and seroreactivity (5.8%) for various transfusion transmitted infections. Discard rate for whole blood and red cell concen-trate was 557 (4.85%). Conclusion: A properly conducted donor screening, notification and counseling of permanently deferred donors will reduce seroreactive blood units with properly imple-mented blood transfusion policies and proper training of staff will help in reducing the causes of dis-card.
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Niketa Roy, Ankita Shah
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