Blood product and laboratory resource wastage in non-severe allergic transfusion reactions: an opportunity for improvement
Autor: | Fatima Aldarweesh, Joseph P. Connor, J. Kasim |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Blood Component Transfusion 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Medical Waste 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Transfusion reaction Waste Management Blood product medicine Hypersensitivity Humans Intensive care medicine Child Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Transfusion Reaction Retrospective cohort study Hematology Middle Aged Rash Child Preschool Premedication Female medicine.symptom business 030215 immunology |
Zdroj: | Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England)REFERENCES. 29(5) |
ISSN: | 1365-3148 |
Popis: | Objective To evaluate the degree of blood product and technical resources wasted as a result of allergic transfusion reactions. Background Allergic reactions are common, and most are non-severe with rash, urticaria, or pruritus. Management includes treatment of symptoms and completion of transfusion. A quality review demonstrated that 30% of transfusion reaction work-ups at our institution were allergic. This raised the concern of product wastage and unnecessary utilisation of laboratory resources. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of allergic reactions, including type of product implicated, volume of products transfused and discarded, the severity of reaction, the use of medications, the incidence of symptom resolution and the rate of repeat transfusion after the allergic event. Results Of 179 allergic reactions, non-severe reactions were reported in 75%. Non-severe reactions were associated with red blood cell, whereas most severe reactions were associated with platelets. Few cases had premedication; however, 83% of reactions were treated once symptoms developed, and 96% resolved. Of transfusions, 61% were stopped because of symptoms before the transfusion was completed. Of patients with non-severe reactions and transfusions that were not completed, 36% were transfused again within 48 h, representing 16% of all allergic reactions. Conclusion Allergic reactions resulted in partial transfusion of the prescribed product in just over half of the cases reviewed. Most of these reactions were non-severe, resolved with treatment and could have been completed, thus representing wastage of both blood products and the expense of the reaction evaluation. Educational efforts to eliminate/minimise this waste are in development. |
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