Open AccessReducing delivery times of emergency blood products through pneumatic tube systems
Author(s) -
Jian Hao Jaryl Kok,
Choong Weng Lam,
Mee Yin Joanne Lee
Publication year - 2019
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/ajts.ajts_52_18
Subject(s) - medicine , hemolysis , resuscitation , blood transfusion , delivery system , emergency medicine , surgery , anesthesia , biomedical engineering
Recent advances in damage control resuscitation have advocated a push for early transfusion to maintain circulating volume and minimization of crystalloid use. While measures such as using rapid-matched group specific blood or uncrossmatched blood have been implemented to shorten this wait, delivery times can still be improved. We explored reducing delivery times by use of a pneumatic tube delivery system already built in our hospital. Few studies have evaluated this using fresh blood samples for one-way transport. We modified and evaluated our pneumatic tube delivery system for delivery timings and quality parameters; designing a robust protocol that also tested aged blood for simulated returns unlike other previous studies.