Open AccessA retrospective study of transfusion practices in a Tertiary Care Institute
Author(s) -
Babita Raghuwanshi,
Nand K. Pehlajani,
Mithilesh Kumar Sinha,
Swagata Tripathy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.198395
Subject(s) - medicine , blood bank , blood units , blood transfusion , requisition , tertiary care , emergency medicine , schedule , surgery , archaeology , computer science , history , operating system
Excessive requests for cross matching blood which is more than the blood required for transfusion are usually based on worst case assumptions leading to overestimation of blood usage. We investigated the blood ordering pattern and transfusion practices so as to incorporate a blood ordering schedule for streamlining the use of blood in various hospital departments.