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COVID-19 döneminde 4 adımlı protokolle israf edilen kan ürünlerinin azaltılması

Year 2024, Volume: 49 Issue: 2, 296 - 303, 30.06.2024
https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.1399862

Abstract

Amaç: Kan bankacılığı, transfüzyona ihtiyaç duyan hastalar için kritik öneme sahiptir. Kan bankalarının kan ürünlerini stoklamaları ve hastanelerin transfüzyon taleplerine göre stoklarını güncellemeleri gerekmektedir. Bu talep mevsimler, acil durumlar ve afetler gibi bazı faktörler tarafından değiştirilebilir. Transfüzyon talebindeki beklenmeyen değişiklikler atık kan ürünlerinin sayısını da etkileyebilir. Atık ürünler kan merkezlerinin maliyet yükünü artırabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada amacımız kan ürünlerinin imha oranlarını düşürmektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmada, 2019-2022 yılları arasında Türkiye'nin güneydoğusundaki üçüncü basamak bir hastanede atık kan ürünlerinin sayısını ve nedenini değerlendirdik. Ayrıca COVID-19 salgınının atık ürünler üzerindeki etkisini de analiz ettik. Ayrıca merkezimizde atık ürünlerin azaltılmasına yönelik 4 aşamalı bir protokol geliştirdik.
Bulgular: Çalışmanın ilk yılında atık/stok (W/S) oranı kırmızı kan hücreleri (pRBC'ler) için %3,0 ve trombositler (PLT'ler) için %9,2 idi. Ancak bu oran 2020 yılında Kovid-19 kısıtlamaları sırasında pRBC'ler için %3,2'ye, PLT'ler için ise %10,1'e yükseldi. 4 adımlı protokolü kullanmaya başladıktan sonra, 2021'de pRBC'ler (%2,3) ve PLT'ler (%6,9) için W/S oranı düştü ancak bu eğilim 2022'de yalnızca pRBC'ler (%1,8) için devam etti, ancak PLT'ler için aynı durum söz konusu değildi.
Sonuç: Merkezimizde COVID-19 kısıtlamaları sırasında atık ürün sayısında artış yaşandı. 4 adımlı protokolü geliştirdikten sonra, pRBC'lerin israfı art arda 2 yıl boyunca azaldı ancak diğer kan ürünleri için bu azalma olmadı. Sonuçlarımızı doğrulamak için 4 adımlı protokolü daha büyük bir merkezde daha uzun bir çalışma süresi boyunca test etmemiz gerekiyor.

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Reducing blood product waste through the implementation of a four-step protocol during the COVID-19 pandemic

Year 2024, Volume: 49 Issue: 2, 296 - 303, 30.06.2024
https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.1399862

Abstract

Purpose: Blood banking is critical for patients who require transfusions. Blood banks must stock blood products and update their inventory depending on the transfusion demands of hospitals. This demand subject to fluctuations caused by factors such as seasonal variations, emergent medical situations, and disasters. Unexpected changes in transfusion demand also have the potential to affect the number of waste blood products, thereby exacerbating the economic burden borne by blood centers. Our aim in this study is to reduce the destruction rates of blood products.
Materials and Methods: In this study, we evaluated the number and cause of discarded blood products in a tertiary hospital in the southeast of Turkey between 2019 and 2022. We also analyzed the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood product waste. In addition, we developed a four-step protocol to reduce wasted blood products in our center.
Results: In the first year of the study, the waste/stock (W/S) ratio was 3.0% for packed red blood cells (pRBCs) and 9.2% for platelets (PLTs). However, this ratio increased to 3.2% for pRBCs and 10.1% for PLTs during the COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. Upon the implementation of the four-step protocol, the W/S ratio decreased for both pRBCs (2.3%) and PLTs (6.9%) in 2021, but this trend continued for only pRBCs (1.8%) in 2022.
Conclusion: The number of waste products increased during the COVID-19 restrictions in our center. After we developed the four-step protocol, the waste of pRBCs decreased for two consecutive years, but this was not observed for other blood products. To verify our results, the presented 4-step protocol should be tested in a larger center over a longer period.

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  • Hosseinifard Z, Abbasi B. The inventory centralization impacts on sustainability of the blood supply chain. Comput Oper Res. 2018;89:206-12.
  • Bashir F, Khalid A, Iqbal S, Ghafoor T, Ahmed M. Exploring the causes of wastage of blood and its components in a tertiary care hospital blood bank. Cureus. 2021;12:e20500.
  • Sharma N, Kaushik S, Kumar R, Azad S, Acharya S, Kudesia.S. Causes of wastage of blood and blood components: a retrospective analysis. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. 2014;13:59–61.
  • World Health Organization. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)‐Situation Report‐90 (April 19, 2020). Geneva, WHO, 2020.
  • Resmi Gazete. Hospital Disaster and Emergency Plans Implementation Regulation, 18 March 2020 No 31072 original text in Turkish https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2020/03/20200318-2 (Accessed 2.3.2024).
  • Oloro OH, Obeagu EI, Puche RO, Lawal OA. Blood products in blood banking: preparation and clinical importance. Madonna University Journal of Medicine and Health Science. 2022;3:102-9.
  • Carson JL, Guyatt G, Heddle NM, Grossman BJ, Cohn CS, Fung MK et al. Clinical practice guidelines from the AABB: red blood cell transfusion thresholds and storage. JAMA. 2016;316:2025-35.
  • Olawumi H, Bolaji B. Blood utilization in elective surgical procedures in Ilorin. Trop J Health Sci. 2006;13:15–7.
  • Rajendran S, Ravindran AR. Inventory management of platelets along with blood supply chain to minimize wastage and shortage. Comput Ind Eng. 2019;130:714–30.
  • Solyal O, Cordeau JF, Laporte G. The impact of modeling on robust inventory management under demand uncertainty. Manage Sci. 2015;4:1188–201.
  • Fortsch SM, Khapalova EA. Reducing uncertainty in demand for blood. Oper Res Health Care. 2016;9:16–28.
  • Shamshirian A, Mohseni AR, Pourfathollah AA, Mehdipour S, Hosseini S, Ghorbanpour A et al. A review of blood usage and wastage in a tertiary heart center. Acta Clin Belg. 2020; 2: 96-103.
  • Ngo A, Masel D, Cahill C, Blumberg N, Refaai MA. Blood banking and transfusion medicine challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clin Lab Med. 2020;4:587-601.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Journal Section Research
Authors

İbrahim Halil Dikici 0000-0002-9427-5974

Sahre G. Özpolat 0009-0006-0610-4355

Publication Date June 30, 2024
Submission Date December 4, 2023
Acceptance Date May 2, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 49 Issue: 2

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MLA Dikici, İbrahim Halil and Sahre G. Özpolat. “Reducing Blood Product Waste through the Implementation of a Four-Step Protocol During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Cukurova Medical Journal, vol. 49, no. 2, 2024, pp. 296-03, doi:10.17826/cumj.1399862.