Poster Abstract Presented at 22nd Annual NATA Symposium on Patient Blood Management, Haemostasis & Thrombosis
Improvement in critical care medicine transfusion after implementation of an organized Patient Blood Management program
April 28-30, 2022
Results: All MHS institutions’ critical care providers showed change in these metrics over the first year of program implementation. For patients with pre-transfusion Hb>=8 g/dl, the Memorial group had a decrease of 13%, while the non-Memorial group had an average decrease of 8% in the first year. For single unit transfusion orders, non- Memorial group averaged an increase of 8% in the first year, while the Memorial group had an 17% increase. For patients who had pre-transfusion Hb levels <7g/dl, the non-Memorial averaged a 10% increase in the first year, while the Memorial group had an 17% increase. Improvement in transfusion metrics decreased blood spend by $490K US (acquisition costs only) in the first year.


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