Administration Safety of Blood Products - Lessons Learned from a National Registry for Transfusion and Hemotherapy Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compared to blood component safety, the administration of blood may not be as safe as intended. The German Interdisciplinary Task Force for Clinical Hemotherapy (IAKH) specialized registry for administration errors of blood products was chosen for a detailed analysis of reports.

Methods

Voluntarily submitted critical incident reports (n = 138) from 2009 to 2013 were analyzed.

Results

Incidents occurred in the operation room (34.1%), in the ICU (25.2%), and in the peripheral ward (18.5%). Procedural steps with errors were administration to the patient (27.2%), indication and blood order (17.1%), patient identification (17.1%), and blood sample withdrawal and tube labeling (18.0%). Bedside testing (BST) of blood groups avoided errors in only 2.6%. Associated

SUBMITTER: Frietsch T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597947 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature