Guidelines for the organization of a blood transfusion service

Organization of a Blood Transfusion Service in a District Hospital

Blood product transfusion guidelines.

This month we publish a simple audit of Major Trauma Transfusion Guidelines from the Academic Department of Clinical Traumatology at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK (see article on page 134). In summary, only 16% of 167 emergency departments seeing more than 50 000 patients a year use transfusion guidelines when managing major trauma. Although the audit specifically looks at trauma, the find...

Seven Years Trends in Prevalence of Transfusion-Transmissible Viral Infections in Yazd blood Transfusion Organization

Abstract Background Increasing blood supply safety is one of the most important goals of blood services in the world. In this study, we reviewed the prevalence rate and the trends of three main infections in whole blood donations and strategies for improving blood safety in Yazd blood transfusion center, Iran. Materials and Methods In this cross sectional study, data on hepatitis B, C and ...

Evaluation of Changes in Blood Products Transfusion Indices Following Three Years of Implementation of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization Standards

Background: Increasing demand for blood and blood products mostly due to increased individual access to health care services rises the concerns over lack of adequate amounts of blood products. It also can impose additional costs to blood transfusion centers and may increase transfusion-related complications. We aimed to investigate the impact of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO)...

Hot Blood for Transfusion

The importance of warming up the whole blood before transfusion , parti -cularly when large amounts of stored blood is used for patients in shock or under general anesthesia is discussed. Var­ious methods of Warming blood is presn­tcd and the use of high frequency Ele­ctromagnetic field for this purpose and its adv1mtagcs is introduced.