Abstract:Background
Massive transfusion (MT) has been defined as transfusion of ≥10 red blood cell units in 24 hours or half the blood volume (≥5 units) in 4 hours. Launceston General Hospital is a 330 bed hospital in regional Australia and we developed critical bleeding - massive transfusion protocol in accordance with the National Blood Authority (Australia) patient blood management guidelines. In 2012 we developed a system by which blood samples on all the MT patients are flagged as 'super-urgent', an… Show more
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