“…To reduce blood wastage and enhance stock management, a number of low-cost policies can be implemented. These include improved communication between blood banks and providers ( Levin et al, 2019 , Mishra et al, 2021 ), staff continual education ( Burk et al, 2021 ), improved transport Kron et al, 2021 ), and updating transfusion protocols ( Bawazir and Dakkam, 2020 , Gholami et al, 2021 ) which all have been proven to have a cumulative effect in reducing blood wastage.…”