Re:UBC researchers may have found a way to make donated bloo...
by killjoywashere on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:39AM
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> How many different batches of blood do they need to keep around to handle a majority of the population
I'm the medical director for the blood bank of the only trauma center in an extremely remote location and a catchment of about 100,000 people. We operate our own donor center and do our own crossmatch (tube testing FTW!). We have 45 units of RBCs, 65 units of FFP, and 1 platelet unit for this evening. We also have 3 freezers full of frozen products and closely monitor our usage.
Obstetrics is probably the biggest user, but trauma may be the biggest in any given month. Our high water mark in recent history is 58 units of various products used for one patient a few months ago. We were nervous but got her through it without breaking quarantine to release product (although the quarantine units* were next on the agenda). We pushed 20 units a few days ago for a post-partum hemorrhage.
Quarantine in this case refers to units that have been produced but the infectious disease screening isn't complete yet, so we should not release them for use.
I'm the medical director for the blood bank of the only trauma center in an extremely remote location and a catchment of about 100,000 people. We operate our own donor center and do our own crossmatch (tube testing FTW!). We have 45 units of RBCs, 65 units of FFP, and 1 platelet unit for this evening. We also have 3 freezers full of frozen products and closely monitor our usage.
Obstetrics is probably the biggest user, but trauma may be the biggest in any given month. Our high water mark in recent history is 58 units of various products used for one patient a few months ago. We were nervous but got her through it without breaking quarantine to release product (although the quarantine units* were next on the agenda). We pushed 20 units a few days ago for a post-partum hemorrhage.
Quarantine in this case refers to units that have been produced but the infectious disease screening isn't complete yet, so we should not release them for use.
Please donate blood.