How did we reform our out of control massive transfusion protocol program?
Transfusion
; 61(11): 3066-3074, 2021 11.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34661301
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The massive transfusion protocol (MTP) is designed to quickly provide blood products at a fixed ratio for the exsanguinating patient. At our academic medical center, the frequency of MTP activation increased over 10-fold between 2008 and 2015, putting inordinate stress on our transfusion service. STUDY DESIGN ANDMETHODS:
Gathering a large number of relevant stakeholders, we performed a multidisciplinary root cause analysis (RCA) in response to the acute clinical need to reform our MTP.RESULTS:
Through the RCA, we identified four principal opportunities for improvement (OFI) associated with our MTP education, stewardship, process improvement, and communication. Through the deployment of new approaches to each of these OFI, we reduced MTP activations, blood product waste, and transfusion service technologist stress.CONCLUSION:
The MTP is amenable to improvement, and, although time intensive, the RCA process yields significant favorable effects improving communication with colleagues, reducing stress within the transfusion service, and improving resource utilization. Activation of the MTP at our institution is now more aligned with its primarypurpose:
rapidly providing large quantities of blood products to exsanguinating patients.Key words
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Wounds and Injuries
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Blood Transfusion
Type of study:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Transfusion
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States