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Blood Transfusion History

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INTRODUCTION
Blood transfusion is an essential part of modern health care and if used correctly it can save life and improve health to patients. Some challenging factors include poor storage and transportation of blood components. Limited resources and lack of access to appropriate technology are two major challenges that threaten blood safety (Department of blood safety and clinical technology, 2002:1).
The transportation of blood between and within blood banks and hospitals is often dependent on the availability of cooler boxes able to maintain temperature over long distances. Blood is often wasted through the use of domestic type (picnic) cooler boxes or containers that cannot be relied upon to maintain temperature correctly.
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- Staff from the blood bank cannot monitor blood 24 hours when it goes to the hospitals.
- Delays of transfusion in the wards.

DEFINITION OF TERMS:
Blood Bank: a laboratory which receives and stores supplies of blood and blood components from a blood centre. Compatibility testing is performed between the patient and the donor and compatible blood and blood component issued for clinical use within the hospital (WHO, 2005:xii).
BRB (Blood on returnable basis): Unique “BRB Hamper” which was designed to maintain blood at the acceptable temperature for a longer period of time (Reddy, 2015:7).
WHO (2011:5) Monitoring: continuous process that takes place during implementation of the programme in order to: asses progress, identify any problem and indicate action needed to modify and improve programme.
Blood cold chain: Is a system for storing and transportation blood and blood products within the correct temperature range and conditions, from the donor collection point to the patient transfusion (WHO, 2011:3).
Wastages: Blood or blood products issued and not used, these are returned to the blood bank to be …show more content…

- Verified fridge/freezer Thermometer – maximum/minimum temperature can be attained and verified by SANBS QC department.
- Temperature record form at the blood bank and hospitals
- Cooler box with frozen ice coolants.
- Wastage records - blood returned to the blood bank and not transfused to patients.
EXCLUSION
- Brown bag hamper – Blood is taken directly to the wards as no transportation is required – Blood bank is on side.
- Transfusion complications

REFERENCE LIST
Department of blood safety and clinical technology. 2002. The blood cold chain: Guide to the selection and procurement of equipment and accessories. WHO library cataloguing in publication: Switzerland.
Reddy, R. 2015. Whitepaper: Blood on a Returnable Basis (BRB) solutions. Trenstar: Centurion.
World Health Organisation. 2011. The blood cold chain. WHO Library cataloguing in publication data: Switzerland.
World Health Organisation. 2005. Manual on the management, maintenance and use of blood cold chain equipment. WHO Library cataloguing in publication data:

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