Taking Blood for Transfusion

Economic Efficiency of Transfusion Medicine Law

Transfusion medicine, which involves taking blood from the donor to the stage after the blood transfusion to the recipient and the subsequent care of him/her, is presented as one of the most innovative ways in modern medicine in the world and with the new dimensions of its therapeutic and therapeutic applications, are faced with ambiguity, overview and morelegal and ethical gaps in this field. ...

Iron stores in blood donors: A literature mini review

An increase in the frequency of blood donation among the donor population is liable to result in excessive iron loss and development of iron deficiency anemia. In the majority of blood banks, hemoglobin and/or hematocrit measurements are used as screening tests for the ability to donate blood even though iron stores may be depleted in donors with hemoglobin values above the arbitrarily defi...

Efficacy of ε-Poly-L-lysine as an Antibacterial Additive for Platelets Stored at Room Temperature

A Survey on Transfusion Status in Orthopedic Surgery at a Trauma Center

  Background: Increased costs and mortality associated with inappropriate blood transfusions have led to investigations about blood request and blood transfusion techniques. We investigated the transfusion status in patients who underwent orthopedic surgery in Poursina Hospital (Rasht, Iran) to optimizing blood usage and determine if a scheduled transfusion program for every orthopedic surgery ...

Reviewing the Blood Ordering Schedule in a Tertiary Trauma Center

Background: To evaluate the present status of blood utilization and develop practice guidelines in teaching hospitals in Northern Iran. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the amount of blood prepared and used preoperatively for 11 elective procedures, from March 2010 to March 2011 in teaching hospitals in Northern Iran. Study variables included the crossmatch transfusion ratio, the transfusi...