Our transfusion lab issue human albumin solution to the wards , some is returned unused sometimes days to months after issue.

we have started to discard these returned bottles as we don't know how they have been stored on the wards ie they may have been out of temperature control which for our albumin is 4-25oC or even tampered with ( unlikely but you never know)

Is anyone else discarding these on return ? or do you put them back into stock

Our discard rate has gone up recently so we are tring to limit what we issue

I put them back into stock if they are returned promptly and the tops/ports have not been compromised.

Our albumin has an expiry of 9 months if kept at root temperature. We date the bottles from when they were removed from the fridge and will discard if the 9 months is past. We are actually now considering disposing of them as there is always the possibility that the room temperature has reached over 25oC. I'm looking for evidence of degredation when not temperature controlled and will make my decision based on this...