Transfusion recipient identification

Pagliaro, Pasqualepaolo; Rebulla, Paolo

doi:10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00783.x

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“…[67] Therefore it is important that the right blood unit is given to the right patient. This can be accomplished by an appropriate identification procedure.…”

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Bedside practice of blood transfusion in a large teaching hospital in Uganda: An observational study

Graaf¹,

Kajja²,

Bimenya³

et al. 2009

Asian J Transfus Sci

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Background:Adverse transfusion reactions can cause morbidity and death to patients who receive a blood transfusion. Blood transfusion practice in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda is analyzed to see if and when these practices play a role in the morbidity and mortality of patients.Materials and Methods:An observational study on three wards of Mulago Hospital. Physicians, paramedics, nurses, medical students and nurse students were observed using two questionnaires. For comparison, a limited observational study was performed in the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) in Groningen, The Netherlands.Results:In Mulago Hospital guidelines for blood transfusion practice were not easily available. Medical staff members work on individual professional levels. Students perform poorly due to inconsistency in their supervision. Documentation of blood transfusion in patient files is scarce. There is no immediate bedside observation, so transfusion reactions and obstructions in the blood transfusion flow are not observed.Conclusion:The poor blood transfusion practice is likely to play a role in the morbidity and mortality of patients who receive a blood transfusion. There is a need for a blood transfusion policy and current practical guidelines.

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“…[67] Therefore it is important that the right blood unit is given to the right patient. This can be accomplished by an appropriate identification procedure.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bedside practice of blood transfusion in a large teaching hospital in Uganda: An observational study

Graaf¹,

Kajja²,

Bimenya³

et al. 2009

Asian J Transfus Sci

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“…RFID may have advantages over bar code-based technology, i.e., more user-friendly, facilitating the recording of more information. Technology-based solutions designed to prevent mistransfusion have recently been developed and the effectiveness of the different systems in detecting errors has been reported [37]. The economic aspects and availability of products remain issues regarding implementing these technologies.…”

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Electronic Pre-Transfusion Check at the Bedside: Experience in a University Hospital

Ohsaka¹

2017

HTIJ

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Although the current risks of viral transmission through blood components are very small, mistransfusion in which the wrong blood is transfused to the wrong patient remains the most common type of error in transfusion practice. Many studies have revealed that transfusion errors occur frequently in clinical areas, with the most common error being failure to perform the final patient identification check at the bedside. Thus, pre-transfusion check at the bedside is the most critical step for the prevention of mistransfusion. Machine-readable identification technology, especially an electronic identification system (EIS), is ideally suited to pre-transfusion check requirements. An experience at the Juntendo University Hospital (JUH) showed that the bar code-based EIS works well on a hospital-wide basis in the setting of regular allogeneic blood transfusion, preoperative autologous blood donation (PAD) and transfusion, pediatric transfusion and hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) infusion at the bedside. Approximately 110,000 blood components have been transfused over a 10.5-year period without a single mistransfusion. The overall compliance rate with electronic pre-transfusion check at the bedside was 98.2%. Human error was the most frequent cause of errors leading to failure of the 'second' electronic pre-transfusion check. If we want to reduce the risk of mistransfusion to improve transfusion safety, we have to address the issue at the hospital level, with a system-based approach.

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“…The objective of our work was to evaluate the functional aspects and imaging artifacts for passive 13.56 MHz RFID tags, which are most suitable for medical applications [6, 8]. For this purpose we conducted in vivo testing at certain clinical conditions in 0.3 T/12.7 MHz MRI system and CT scan.…”

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Assessment of Safety and Interference Issues of Radio Frequency Identification Devices in 0.3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography

Periyasamy¹,

Dhanasekaran²

2014

The Scientific World Journal

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The objective of this study was to evaluate two issues regarding magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including device functionality and image artifacts for the presence of radio frequency identification devices (RFID) in association with 0.3 Tesla at 12.7 MHz MRI and computed tomography (CT) scanning. Fifteen samples of RFID tags with two different sizes (wristband and ID card types) were tested. The tags were exposed to several MR-imaging conditions during MRI examination and X-rays of CT scan. Throughout the test, the tags were oriented in three different directions (axial, coronal, and sagittal) relative to MRI system in order to cover all possible situations with respect to the patient undergoing MRI and CT scanning, wearing a RFID tag on wrist. We observed that the tags did not sustain physical damage with their functionality remaining unaffected even after MRI and CT scanning, and there was no alternation in previously stored data as well. In addition, no evidence of either signal loss or artifact was seen in the acquired MR and CT images. Therefore, we can conclude that the use of this passive RFID tag is safe for a patient undergoing MRI at 0.3 T/12.7 MHz and CT Scanning.

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Transfusion recipient identification

Cited by 42 publications

References 35 publications

Bedside practice of blood transfusion in a large teaching hospital in Uganda: An observational study

Bedside practice of blood transfusion in a large teaching hospital in Uganda: An observational study

Electronic Pre-Transfusion Check at the Bedside: Experience in a University Hospital

Assessment of Safety and Interference Issues of Radio Frequency Identification Devices in 0.3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography

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