Questionnaire Survey on Current Red Blood Cell Transport and Storage in Korea for Reducing Wastage.
Ann Lab Med
; 42(3): 342-351, 2022 May 01.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-34907104
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To ensure safe red blood cell (RBC) transfusion practice, it is important to comply with storage and transport requirements of RBC units. We conducted a comprehensive survey on the practice of RBC transport and storage to explore the awareness of and compliance with the 30-minute rule, the current status of RBC unit transport, and possible utility of temperature indicators (TIs) to reduce RBC wastage.METHODS:
From June to August of 2019, 64 blood bank physicians (14 questions) in 64 secondary- and tertiary-care hospitals and 673 nurses (13 questions) in 42 tertiary-care hospitals replied to a questionnaire survey. The results of the survey were analyzed with descriptive statistics.RESULTS:
Among the physicians surveyed, 97.0% (N=62) of hospitals had transfusion guidelines in place. The RBC wastage in 2018 ranged from less than five units to more than 200 units. Among the nurses surveyed, 99.4% (N=669) were aware of and complied with the 30-minute rule; 13.5% (N=91) of the nurses had experience of RBC wastage due to violation of the 30-minute rule. Both physicians (67%, N=43) and nurses (83.1%, N=559) responded that TIs would help reduce RBC wastage.CONCLUSIONS:
This is the first survey on the practices related to RBC transport and storage in Korea. This study provides fundamental data on current practice for the blood cold chain, insights into RBC wastage, and highlights the utility of TIs.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Blood Banks
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Erythrocytes
Type of study:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Lab Med
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article