YorkshireExile 18 Posted Friday at 07:03 AM Does anyone use RBC expiration rate for their monthly quality indicators (key performance indicators)? If so, what do you use as your denominator? Do you use number of RBCs transfused in the month or the the number of RBCs received from your blood supplier per month? We use number of RBCs received from our blood supplier as we wanted to monitor we don`t excessively order blood that may not be used and expire. But now I have read that this may not be correct. Also, what is your target? We state our expiration rate should be <2%. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srichar3 5 Posted Sunday at 04:31 AM I have always used total number of outgoing RBC's for that month, used + wasted. The issue with using the number received is that some months you may receive a large quantity for that month but due to expiry they wont expire till the following month where your received stock may be less than the month before hence this will skew the figures giving a higher % waste for this month. Using total outgoing RBC's gives a better indication of the waste against use for each particular month. My previous lab had a stats program built in that was based on MHRA and UK BSMS requirements and this always reported waste as a % of total outgoing RBC's. Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Saikin 1,195 Posted Monday at 02:07 PM I document as a % of units w final disposition that month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
