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Blood utilisation in a developing society: what is the best index of efficiency?

K S Charles¹, L De Freitas², R Ramoutar²

¹Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Transfusion Medicine (Oxford, England)

|May 1, 2018

Abstract

Objectives:

To assess blood usage for elective surgery in a developing country as a first step towards developing a maximum surgical blood-ordering schedule (MSBOS).

Background:

Cross-match:transfusion (C/T) ratio, transfusion index (T_i ) and transfusion ratio (T%) are standard indices of efficient blood usage for elective surgical procedures. The MSBOS assigns surgical procedures to Group and Cross Match (GXM) and Group and Save (G&S) categories. Non-use probability (NUP) is the percentage of blood that is requested but not used. Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) has a transfusion service that predominantly uses family replacement (F/R) donors.

Materials/Methods:

C/T ratio, T_i , T% and NUP were retrospectively calculated for 304 elective surgical procedures performed at a tertiary medical institution in TTO between 1st January and 15th May 2013.

Results:

For 17 types of surgical procedure, C/T ratio was <2·5 for 10, T% ≥ 30 for 10 and T_i ≥ 0·5 for 12, suggesting efficiency, significant blood use and a requirement for GXM for most operations. However, the majority of these procedures qualify for G&S when performed under conditions that guarantee ready access to blood in an emergency. A substantial proportion of issued blood was returned unused to the blood bank, giving an NUP of 39·7%.

Conclusion:

NUP was the most sensitive measure of efficiency. C/T ratio, T% and T_i must be interpreted in the context of the blood donation system. An internationally accepted value of NUP that equates to efficient blood use should be adopted.

Keywords:

blood non-use probability replacement donation utilization

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