Pattern of Blood Component Utilization in Tertiary Care Hospital of Central Nepal.

Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ)

Department of Pathology, Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital, Dhulikhel, Kavre.

Published: February 2020

Background Blood component are essential part of patient and hospital for the safety and improvement of health care of patient. Proper transfusion is must to avoid the misuse, overuse and transfusion reaction. Objective The main objective of this study was to provide information regarding current utility of blood component in tertiary care hospital of central Nepal. Method In this descriptive study, details of blood components transfused were recorded that was correlated with patient age, sex, different hospital wards, clinical diagnosis and pretransfusion hemoglobin for the duration of 6 month Result Total blood component utilize were 1,267 for 539 patients. Whole blood was most utilized blood component that is followed by packed red blood cells. Demand of Blood product was highest in patient admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Bleeding patients due to obstetric and gastrointestinal complication got maximum transfusion of blood component. Majorly transfusion of Whole Blood and Packed red cell was done for pre transfusion hemoglobin level that falls in 7 to 10 gm/dl. Conclusion Analysis of blood component usage in any hospital with blood bank setup is very important to improve the blood utilization pattern for transfusion and maintaining blood stock to meet the future demand of blood component.

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