Construction of Blood Transfusion Departments in tertiary hospitals in Yangtze River Delta / 中国输血杂志

ABSTRACT

【Objective】 To investigate and analyze the clinical blood use and full-time professional technical personnel of Blood Transfusion Departments in tertiary hospitals in the Yangtze River Delta, in order to provide basis for health administration and medical institutions to make decisions on clinical blood transfusion management and standardize the construction of Blood Transfusion Departments. 【Methods】 According to the Clinical Blood Quality Control Index (2019 Edition), 435 tertiary hospitals in the Yangtze River Delta were selected for statistical analysis. 【Results】 Among the 435 tertiary hospitals, 316 (72.64%, 316/435) set up independent Blood Transfusion Departments, but 119 (27.36%, 119/435) did not. 295 (67.82%, 295/435) met the national standards for Blood Transfusion Department, and 263 (60.46%, 263/435) met the local standards. Only 5 of the top 10 tertiary hospitals with the most consumption of blood in the Yangtze River Delta met the national standards for the allocation of blood transfusion professional and technical personnel, and 17 hospitals met the local standards. Nine of the top 10 tertiary hospitals with the most beds met the national standards for blood transfusion professional and technical personnel, and 19 met the local standards. Among the full-time professional technicians in Blood Transfusion Department, medical technicians, physicians and nurses accounted for 91.03%, 6.46% and 2.52%; doctor, master, bachelor and below accounted for 1.74%, 12.4% and 85.86%; senior, intermediate, junior and below titles accounted for 18.82%, 38.61% and 42.58%, respectively. 【Conclusion】 Standardized construction of Blood Transfusion Department of tertiary hospitals in the Yangtze River Delta, including organization and talent team construction, needs to be strengthened to improve scientific and rational use of clinical blood.