Efficiency of blood utilization in elective surgical patients.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Requesting blood prior to a surgical procedure for perioperative transfusion is a common practice in surgical patients. More unit of blood is requested than used by anticipating the patient will be transfused to provide a safety margin in an event of unexpected haemorrhage. Over requesting with minimal utilization results in significant wastage of blood, reagents and human resource. This study was conducted to assess blood utilization practice of the largest tertiary hospital in Ethiopia. METHODS:A cross-sectional prospective study method was used. Data was collected using a Proforma questionnaire by perusal of each individual patient's records from December 1, 2017 to February 28, 2018.patient age, sex, department requesting the blood, level of operating surgeon, hemodynamic st

SUBMITTER: Zewdie K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836486 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature