Investigation and analysis of blood transfusion in Hangzhou / 中国输血杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze and evaluate the current progress of blood transfusion department establishment and clinical blood transfusion management in Hangzhou,China.Methods Questionnaires were sent to 35 medical institutions to gather information regarding blood transfusion department establishment and clinical blood transfusion management in the provincial,municipal and county tier hospitals.The investigated criteria covered the establishment of the hospital blood transfusion management committee,the utilization of software and hardware of the transfusion department,the compatibility status of various software systems in use and performance evaluation of these systems in clinical applications,etc.In addition,tests were also conducted on members of the blood transfusion departments to confirm whether they are properly trained and present adequated knowledge of clinical blood applications Results were then collected for statistical and descriptive analyses.Results The results out of the 35 hospitals surveyed presented no obvious statistical significance.Nevertheless,the average score of these hospitals in different segments helped us to reach the following conclusions:1,Triple-A hospitals scored the highest average score for patient clinical status evaluation pre-transfusion;2.Double-B hospitals came first when it comes to patient clinical status evaluation post transfusion;3.Triple-B hospitals possessed the most thorough clinical records for transfusion treatment.A total of 350 papers were issued and 350 papers were collected,with 327 out of the 350 considered valid.As for the test results regarding the departments members,triple-A,triple-B and double-A hospitals scored significantly higher than double-B and unranked hospitals.(P＜0.05);.350 clinical transfusion records were also collected and 247 of which are considered valid.It appears there are numerous difference in Hb indexes among the tested hospitals and even the departments of internal medicine and surgical presented different takes on the subject as well.Conclusion The clinical blood transfusion management in Zhejiang province and the establishment of blood transfusion departments still need to be improved.A plan to manage clinical blood use need to be carried out ASAP,which would specify evaluation references,standardize personnel training and tech investments.Ultimately,we hope such actions would help to further regulate the clinical blood use in the region.