FRahman Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Hello All. I am trying to change my quality measurement indicator . Can anybody suggest few indicators besides percentage of correct ABO/Rh and turn around time which are good and helpful? Thanks:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklyn Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Hmmm... Blood Bank can be tough for choosing good indicators (something that has impact and which you, in turn, can impact with changes in process). A few that come to mind are:TAT for antibody ID completion and/or antigen negative units being availableCorrect and complete antibody ID on first passInternal wastage statistics of various typesFDA Reportable error ratesNon-FDA reportable labeling error rates (corrected prior to issue)Products available for release when neededThis is my short list of what rapidly comes to mind. I hope something in there is useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary** Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 We also do correct and complete labelling of Blood Bank patient specimens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eye Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 we look at transfusion appropriatness. we question each and every order but orders which need to go through MD are documented and reported as one of the indicator @ transfusion comm. STAT TAT for type & crossmatch, wastage of component, outdates of components Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR1 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 On a monthly basis you could give each quality deviation/ incident recorded a 'value' such as serious incidents = 10 points, minor incidents= 2 points. Total these up and compare the arbitary values.The higher the total score is = more time the lab spent in dealing with problems ( therefore an increased cost to the company).....negative quality indicator. Obviously the lower the value you achieve might be indicative of improvements.You could then establish an ideal 'value' (zero would not be realistic), by which you could measure against monthly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kslaforce Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 We have several monitors, some directed at utilization review, some directed at patient safety, and some at service. Utilization review: we monitor C/T ratio (good old standby) with a threshhold of 1.5, product wasteage, and appropriateness of transfusion through the transfusion committee. Patient safety: we monitor the specimen rejections for inadequate labeling (patient ID) and the times nursing personnel present to blood bank to pick up product with inadequate patient ID information. We also review the transfusion record for complete documentation. Service: we monitor TAT on uncrossmatched request, TAT on STAT crossmatch from emergency room, and frequency of incomplete orders from our blood supplier. Hopefully you can find something that works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macarton Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I measure transfusion documentation. Started within 30 finished within 4 hrs. signature of transfusonist and verifier, reaction and documentation returned within 24 hrs. We are having a lot of trouble with Nursing Service documenting. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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