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Blood usage and wastage at an academic teaching hospital before the initial wave of COVID-19 and during and after its quarantine periods.
- Source :
- Laboratory Medicine; Mar2024, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p198-203, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background Transfusion services aim to maintain sufficient blood inventory to support patients, even with challenges introduced by COVID-19. Objectives To review blood usage and wastage before, during, and after COVID-19 surges, and to evaluate effects on inventory. Methods In a retrospective review, we evaluated the association between time periods corresponding to the initial wave of COVID-19 (pre–COVID-19, quarantine, and postquarantine) and blood usage/wastage. Data were stratified by period, and χ <superscript>2</superscript> testing was used to examine the association between these time periods and blood usage/wastage. Results In the period before COVID-19, the transfusion service used more units, and in the period after quarantine, more units went to waste. Across all time periods, the most-used product was RBCs, and the most wasted product was plasma. A statistically significant association existed between usage (χ <superscript>2</superscript> [6/3209 (0.2%)]) = 24.534; P ≤.001; Cramer V = 0.62), wastage (χ <superscript>2</superscript> [6/775 (0.8%)]) = 21.673; P =.001; Cramer V = 0.118), and time period. The postquarantine period displayed the highest wastage costs ($51,032.35), compared with the pre–COVID-19 period ($29,734.45). Conclusion Changes in blood inventory use and waste are significantly associated with the onset and continuation of COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BLOOD banks
COST control
STATISTICAL correlation
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
ACADEMIC medical centers
BLOOD collection
MEDICAL wastes
RETROSPECTIVE studies
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
QUARANTINE
MEDICAL records
ACQUISITION of data
RESEARCH
BLOOD transfusion
COMPARATIVE studies
DATA analysis software
COVID-19 pandemic
TIME
ECONOMICS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00075027
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Laboratory Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176064764
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/labmed/lmad059