A long time ago, some old SBBs told me the "national average" for red cell outdated units was 2%. We have stayed at <1.5 for many years now - mostly AB units. Don't know about % for wasted units - I investigate the circumstances with everybody involved (nurses, physicians, anesth docs) and educate them if necessary. They get the idea that they better not make that mistake again. Obviously, sometimes it can't be avoided (e.g. patient expired) but our expired units outnumber wastage by far.