Inventory control in perishable products supply chain is one of the biggest challenges today, especially for medicines and blood products supply chain. Shortage can increase the mortality risk at hospitals, on the contrary, high levels of inventory could generate wastage of these resources. This paper studies the problem of inventory control and distribution of blood products. This study determ...

BACKGROUND Between June-October 2012, 61 flight-medic-directed transfusions took place aboard U.S. Army Medical Evacuation (medevac) helicopters in Afghanistan. This represents the initial experience for pre-hospital blood product transfusion by U.S. Army flight medics. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of clinical records, operating guidelines, after-action reviews, decision and in...

  Background: Reservation of blood leads to blood wastage if the blood is not transfused. Therefore, in some centers only blood type and screen are evaluated. In this study, the efficacy of a blood crossmatch-to-transfusion ratio was measured and then compared with the standard levels. Methods: This prospective study was conducted during one year in a university hospital. During this period, 39...

background: reservation of blood leads to blood wastage if the blood is not transfused. therefore, in some centers only blood type and screen are evaluated. in this study, the efficacy of a blood crossmatch-to-transfusion ratio was measured and then compared with the standard levels. methods: this prospective study was conducted during one year in a university hospital. during this period, 398 ...

Methods. We conducted a quality improvement program to examine the effect of a transfusion strategy algorithm in primary knee (TKA) and hip arthroplasty (THA). Our algorithm is presented as a diagram and is based on tolerated and expected blood losses. Patient characteristics, blood loss, transfusions given, autologous blood wastage, and costs were examined during an initial evaluation and afte...