background: in the present study the amount of requested blood products in major departments of imam reza medical center, kermanshah, iran has been studied to evaluate the necessity of these requests and also the amount of blood products wastage because of unnecessary requests. materials and methods: in the present study the information related to 4832 unit of requested blood products from iran...

background: excessive ordering of blood components imposes heavy costs to blood transfusion centers and increases the amount of blood product wastage due to lack of their use. in recent years, attempts have been made against unnecessary blood and blood product requests in our country. we aimed to investigate the frequency of blood and blood product wasting in healthcare centers of yazd city in ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the rate and causes of wastage of blood and blood products (packed red cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate) in Qazvin hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted in all hospitals in Qazvin, including 5 teaching hospitals, 2 social welfare hospitals, 3 private hospitals, 1 charity hospital, and 1 military hospital. Thi...

Background: Excessive ordering of blood components imposes heavy costs to blood transfusion centers and increases the amount of blood product wastage due to lack of their use. In recent years, attempts have been made against unnecessary blood and blood product requests in our country. We aimed to investigate the frequency of blood and blood product wasting in healthcare centers of Yazd city in ...

OBJECTIVES Blood component waste is an important issue at all hospitals. As an initiative of the patient blood management program at a regional health care system, the causes and extent of blood product wastage were identified, and targeted interventions to effect a reduction were implemented. METHODS Multiple low-cost interventions, including educational outreach, print and digital messaging...

Background and Objectives: A blood distribution network orchestrates distribution of safe blood products to hospitals. Blood shortage and blood wastage are two important factors which may affect efficiency of blood distribution network. Service delivery time is another factor that refers to the time interval between blood request by a hospital and transfusing it to the patient....

Background: In the present study the amount of requested blood products in major departments of Imam Reza Medical Center, Kermanshah, Iran has been studied to evaluate the necessity of these requests and also the amount of blood products wastage because of unnecessary requests. Materials and Methods: In the present study the information related to 4832 unit of requested blood products from Ira...