Analysis of reasons for Discarding Blood components in a Blood Bank of Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India.

Dr.Anitha M; Dr. Sindhuja K; Dr.Madhusudhana M

Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019

Analysis of reasons for Discarding Blood components in a Blood Bank of Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India.

Dr. Anitha M, Dr. Sindhuja K, Dr. Madhusudhana M

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Blood transfusion is an integral part of modern health care. The aim of our study is to find out the various causes for discarding blood and blood components, so that this can help us in formulating the proper guidelines for donor screening, component preparation, storage, optimized usage and also training of staffs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this retrospective study, we analyzed various causes of discard of blood components from January 2018 to June 2019 (16months) using various records available in the blood bank of Narayana Medical college Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. RESULTS: Of the 16,277 blood components prepared,759(4.6%) were discarded. Among blood components discarded, most common units were platelets (15%). The most common cause of discarding the platelets was due to expired date (21.9%). Conclusion: Implementation of proper blood transfusion policy, donor screening and training of technical staffs will help to reduce the discard rate of blood components which ultimately will solve the shortage of these precious elements. Discard rate of platelet concentrates can be minimized by prep� platelet concentrate on request and also by using modern techniques like Apheresis.