Open AccessInternal quality control of blood products: An experience from a tertiary care hospital blood bank from Southern Pakistan
Author(s) -
Sadia Sultan,
Hasan Abbas Zaheer,
Usman Waheed,
Mohammad Amjad Baig,
Asma Rehan,
Syed Mohammed Irfan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of laboratory physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-7826
pISSN - 0974-2727
DOI - 10.4103/jlp.jlp_97_17
Subject(s) - cryoprecipitate , medicine , blood bank , fresh frozen plasma , hematocrit , whole blood , fibrinogen , platelet , blood product , quality assurance , surgery , emergency medicine , external quality assessment , pathology
Internal quality control (IQC) is the backbone of quality assurance program. In blood banking, the quality control of blood products ensures the timely availability of a blood component of high quality with maximum efficacy and minimal risk to potential recipients. The main objective of this study is to analyze the IQC of blood products as an indicator of our blood bank performance.