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A Model for Isolated Area Emergency Donor Panels
Author(s) -
FlecknoeBrown Steve,
Dean Mark,
Pearce Jan
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
transfusion medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1365-3148
pISSN - 0958-7578
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2005.00554t.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood transfusion , serology , surgery , emergency medicine , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , immunology , antibody
Aim To review the operation of an Emergency Donor Panel in an isolated Australian community. Result The Panel has been in operation for 4 years. Two donors have been rejected, one due to development of cancer and one due to biological false positive hepatitis C serology. Thirty five donors remain active on the panel. No donors have sero‐converted for transmissable disease during the operation of the panel. The panel has been activated on 3 occasions, all for surgical bleeding, resulting in blood transfused within 40 minutes of activation in all cases. Two cases were for bleeding associated with ruptured AAA and one for bleeding associated with gangrenous bowel. Conclusion A properly designed and monitored Emergency Donor Panel can safely supply blood for transfusion in the event of depletion of local stores. The EDP should be activated after 10 units of stored blood have been transfused into a patient undergoing massive bleeding from a correctible source, or in association with the hospital’s Disaster Plan.