Open AccessQuality indicators for discarding blood in the National Blood Center, Kuala Lumpur
Author(s) -
Mohammed H. Al-Mashhadani,
Yasmin Ayob,
Noris Naim,
Huda Salman,
Nor Asiah Muhamad,
Narazah Mohd Yusoff
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.95045
Subject(s) - cryoprecipitate , medicine , blood component , blood bank , blood transfusion , whole blood , blood units , fresh frozen plasma , blood collection , emergency medicine , platelet , surgery
The implementation of quality system and continuous evaluation of all activities of the Blood Transfusion Services (BTS) can help to achieve the maximum quantity and quality of safe blood. Optimizing blood collection and processing would reduce the rate of discard and improve the efficiency of the BTS. The objective of this study is to determine the rate of discard of blood and blood component and identify its reasons at the National Blood Centre (NBC), Kuala Lumpur, during the year of 2007 in order to introduce appropriate intervention.