Quality Control of Fresh Frozen Plasma using Factor VIII and Fibrinogen Levels as Measure: One Year Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Quality control of blood and its componentsensures the availability of high quality product with maximumefficacy and minimal risk to recipients. As per standardguidelines, for quality assurance of FFP, 1% of all the unitsprepared or 4 units per month are tested for stable coagulationfactors Factor VIII and Fibrinogen levels.Material and methods: The retrospective data was collectedfrom archives of blood bank from the period of 1st January2017 to 31st December 2017 in AIMSR, Bathinda. Out oftotal 3476 units collected, 2155 were processed for componentseparation. 1.9% of Fresh Frozen plasma (41/2155) were testedfor total volume, fibrinogen content and factor VIII levels forquality control with the help of semi-automated coagulometer.Results: 97.5% of FFP samples tested had factor VIII levelsabove 0.7 IU/mL and 100% of samples had fibrinogen content>200mg/dl.Conclusion: It is concluded that quality of FFP being preparedat our blood bank meets the international standards. Regularquality evaluation and maintenance of records helps to keepup the working standards and any deficiency can be checkedand curtailed.