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7820233

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
Monitoring the outdating of donated units is one way of assessing the efficiency of blood usage. Inventory management in public hospital blood banks in Sydney was reviewed with the aim of determining factors which lead to the outdating of donor blood. Factors which correlated significantly with increased outdating in hospitals included absence of an effective hospital transfusion committee; high ratio of average inventory: units transfused; fewer than three routine deliveries from the BTS per day; increased time taken for delivery of urgent products; CT values greater than 2:1, premature performance of the crossmatch and prolonged crossmatching holding time. Hospitals were informed of the initial audit results and were alerted to the factors contributing to excessive outdating. They received monthly feedback of individual outdating results compared with overall outdating. After 6 months there was a significant reduction in overall outdating from 5.0 to 0.9% (P < 0.05), which has been maintained for a further 12 months. Changes in inventory management associated with an improvement in overall outdating included: changes in crossmatching practice which increase the effective shelf-life of blood, knowledge of when blood was due to outdate and effective stock rotation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0958-7578
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-7-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Inventory management in Sydney Public Hospital Blood Banks.
pubmed:affiliation
NSW Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Sydney, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article