Here’s
something interesting which appeared on the Facebook “Blood Bank Professionals”
group. Although it is aimed at service users, it rather highlights the point
that someone needs to keep track of a very valuable and limited resource –
blood products.
How many times have we been asked to provide platelets or FFP only to find that what was needed was “just in case” rather than for actual and immediate use? How many times have we told junior medics that sometimes we use a dozen units of platelets in a day and sometimes none, and with a limited supply and short shelf-life the things aren’t stored locally but at a transfusion centre some way away.
Having found this page, I’m hoping that the parent website will prove to
be a source of useful CPD.
Will it? Time will tell – it always does.
How many times have we been asked to provide platelets or FFP only to find that what was needed was “just in case” rather than for actual and immediate use? How many times have we told junior medics that sometimes we use a dozen units of platelets in a day and sometimes none, and with a limited supply and short shelf-life the things aren’t stored locally but at a transfusion centre some way away.
Will it? Time will tell – it always does.
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