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Audit and education: Role in safe transfusion practice.
Gopal Kumar Patidar1, Daljit Kaur2
1Department of Transfusion Medicine, Adlakha Medical Center, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
|January 30, 2019
Summary
Medical audits and targeted education significantly improve blood transfusion request form completeness. This enhances patient safety by ensuring accurate data for blood banks, reducing transfusion risks.
Area of Science:
- Transfusion Medicine
- Healthcare Quality Improvement
Background:
- Incomplete blood transfusion request forms pose risks due to missing patient data.
- Auditing and education are key strategies to improve transfusion practices.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the completeness of blood request forms.
- To assess the impact of an educational program on clinician transfusion practices.
Main Methods:
- Evaluated 6894 blood request forms for completeness of critical fields.
- Conducted Continuing Medical Education (CME) sessions on safe transfusion practices.
- Analyzed changes in form completeness before and after the educational intervention.
Main Results:
- Initially, 60.83% of forms were incomplete, with significant improvement to 48.76% by December 2014 (42.66% total improvement).
- Key improvements were seen in second identification and previous transfusion history fields.
- A statistically significant improvement in overall form completeness was observed (p=0.004).
Conclusions:
- Medical audits coupled with targeted educational programs effectively enhance clinician approach to transfusion practices.
- Improving the quality of blood transfusion requests is crucial for patient safety.
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