Targeted interventions to reduce blood and blood components wastage in Apollohospital, Healthcity,Visakhapatnam

ABSTRACT

Background: Blood is a valuable resource. Wastage of all blood and blood components is an important task for hospitals worldwide. Need to utilize “blood & it’s components” in a rationale way and also to save the patient’s life. The aim of this study is to analyze the reasons and possible interventions to reduce the wastage of blood & blood components Methodology: A comparative study of pre - intervention period and post intervention period during the year April 2017 to October 2018 done in the department of Blood bank/Centre, Apollo Hospitals, Health city Visakhapatnam. Results: Present study showed 20.52% wastage of blood and blood components during the pre - intervention period, which has come down to 6.0% with all possible interventions during post intervention period. Conclusion: Relatively inexpensive, simple and targeted interventions showed a dramatic impact on reducing blood wastage with regard to both cost and resource savings.

Key words: blood wastage, blood components, blood bank/Centre, TTI