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Full-Text Articles in Hematology
Reducing O Negative Blood Product Usage In A Tertiary Care Academic Medical Center, Wendy Weiler, Tracy Cook, Mmc Blood Bank, Mark Parker, Stephen Tyzik, Suneela Nayak, Ruth Hanselman, Amy Sparks
Reducing O Negative Blood Product Usage In A Tertiary Care Academic Medical Center, Wendy Weiler, Tracy Cook, Mmc Blood Bank, Mark Parker, Stephen Tyzik, Suneela Nayak, Ruth Hanselman, Amy Sparks
Operations Transformation
MANAGEMENT OF O NEGATIVE BLOOD USE
O registered blood cells are the universal donor but it comprises only 7% of the blood supply. As a result, inappropriate use can result in shortages.
At an academic tertiary care medical center, a performance improvement goal was established that O negative blood cells would make up less than 12% of all blood type transfused by the end of their fiscal year.
A root cause analysis established reasons for the use of O negative blood cells. A number of countermeasures were initiated using the plan, do, study, act (PDSA) problem solving model. Using newly …
Patient Throughput Time In The Emergency Department: Can Obtaining Blood Specimens In A Pre-Hospital Setting Increase Timeliness?, Arielle Rancourt
Patient Throughput Time In The Emergency Department: Can Obtaining Blood Specimens In A Pre-Hospital Setting Increase Timeliness?, Arielle Rancourt
Interprofessional Research and Innovations Council
Patient Throughput Time in the Emergency Department:
Can Obtaining Blood Specimens in a Pre-hospital Setting Increase Timeliness?
Arielle Rancourt RN
Abstract
The Emergency Department (ED) at Mid Coast Hospital currently follows a practice in obtaining blood specimens in-hospital by emergency department staff; this is done despite the ability of pre-hospital personnel to obtain specimens at the time of intravenous catheter insertions. Our current practice may not be the most effective and timely method. Studies showed that there was no increase in hemolysis of blood specimens drawn by Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and that laboratory results were received quicker when blood …