[Results in the management of transfusion preparations in the West Bohemian Region during 1973]

The authors present an analysis of the use of transfusion preparations in 1973 in the West Bohemian region, where satisfactory results were obtained due to the cooperation of the regional commission for expedient pharmacotherapy, specialists of different branches, heads of blood transfusion departments and doctors working in these departments. A more objective approach to indications for transfusion is manifested by a reduced administration of whole blood (by 15%), reduced administration of locally produced plasma (by11%), increased administration of erythrocyte mass (by 21%) and special transfusion preparations (by 35%) and thus a reduction of expenditure on blood per bed per day in all district institutes of national health in the West Bohemian region.