Analysis Survey on Changes in Hospital Blood Donation Center and Satisfaction Level with the Korean Red Cross / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: Blood supply circumstances in Korea have changed in recent decades because of blood supplier diversification and restructuring of hospital blood donation centers. The purpose of this study is to understand the current status of hospital blood donation centers and their satisfaction levels with the Korean Red Cross Blood Center (KRCBC) and compare with the previous results for sustainable development of the blood supply system. METHODS: During one month in November 2014, we conducted a questionnaire survey through e-mail in 64 hospital blood donation centers which are approved by government. The response rate was 97% (62/64 hospitals). Responses from 62 hospitals were analyzed. RESULTS: The number of hospital blood donation centers were reduced by half from 129 in 2004 to 64 in 2014. There was no blood donation center in hospitals less than 400 beds, except 2 hospitals; 23 hospital (37.1%) blood banks collected no blood components. More than 80% of hospitals were satisfied with the KRCBC service such as donor record lookup and nucleic acid amplification Test (NAT) results lookup. Hospitals with more than 1,000 beds replied that they would not take account of transferring the collection services to KRCBC because of the directed and autologous donation and unexpected emergency blood transfusion. CONCLUSION: The government should be the subject of national blood policy and establish a committee or agency for its comprehensive and consistent execution through close cooperation with the KRCBC and hospitals.

Effect of Blood Ordering and Input with using the Blood Information Sharing System (BISS) of the Korean RedCross / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: Generally, a hospital blood bank orders blood components from the Korean RedCross with using a telephone. Persons in a blood bank are required to do lots of work and labor, and spend much time during handling, processing and storage of blood components, and this is irrespective of simple procedure. To improve blood bank work, we used the BISS at the Korean RedCross with using the internet. METHODS: The orders for the blood components were saved on an excel file with using BISS. After we got the blood components, we classified and counted the blood components and interfaced the data of the excel file to blood bank laboratory information system (LIS), and these components were stored at the proper sites. We compared the blood bank work before and after introducing the BISS. RESULTS: Using BISS saved 154.3 hour and it increased 5,607 irregular antibody screening tests per year. It also prevented bar code reading errors and reduced the workers' personal stress. CONCLUSION: The input process of blood and the blood bank work were effectively improved after introducing the BISS. Key words: