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Dana V Devine - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

J Mccullough - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The role of the Blood Bank in transplantation.
    Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 1991
    Co-Authors: J Mccullough
    Abstract:

    Blood transfusion supportive care is essential to successful organ, tissue, and bone marrow transplantation, thus making the Blood Bank an integral part of these programs. The impact of clinical transplantation on the Blood Bank can be considered in the following categories: (1) use of Blood and Blood components for transfusion support; (2) special Blood component needs; (3) red Blood cell serologic needs; (4) collection, processing, and preservation of bone marrow and peripheral Blood stem cells; (5) hemotherapy for bone marrow donors, (6) recruitment of bone marrow donors; and (7) the special procedures that must be available for managing patients undergoing transplantation therapy.

William P Pierskalla - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • management policies for a regional Blood Bank
    Transfusion, 2003
    Co-Authors: Morris A Cohen, William P Pierskalla
    Abstract:

    This paper considers management strategies for the administration of a regional Blood Bank. The techniques of management science and mathematical inventory theory are applied to construct a model for the system, identify policy areas, and formulate management objectives. Two simulation models and data collected from both a regional and single hospital Blood Bank are used in the analysis. The results presented examine the interactions and savings associated with following optimal ordering, crossmatch, and issuing policies. Since each of these policies have an important effect on the number of shortages and outdates, they therefore influence optimal Blood Bank management. In addition, the question of centralized versus decentralized control is examined.

Franklyn Garland - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Factors affecting the risk of Blood Bank specimen hemolysis
    Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2003
    Co-Authors: Paula Tanabe, Demetrious N. Kyriacou, Franklyn Garland
    Abstract:

    To evaluate simultaneously several possible risk factors for Blood Bank specimen hemolysis. This was a prospective cohort study of emergency department and labor and delivery patients to estimate the effect of various factors on the risk of Blood Bank specimen hemolysis. Study variables included patient demographics, type and gauge of needle or catheter, anatomic location of venipuncture, and patient care area. Hemolysis was determined by Blood Bank laboratory technicians. Cox proportional hazards multivariate regression modeling was performed to estimate the adjusted relative risks for hemolysis. Of the 605 subjects with complete data, 194 (32.1%) subjects had Blood specimens drawn directly with a steel needle, and 411 (69.1%) had specimens drawn through a Vialon (BD Medical Systems, Inc., Sandy, UT) intravenous (IV) angiocatheter. The overall risk of hemolysis for all was 7%, 10% for Vialon IV angiocatheters and 1.5% for steel needles. In the multivariate analysis, the factors most closely associated with hemolysis were the use of Vialon IV catheters and sampling from an anatomic site other than the antecubital area. Blood Bank specimens drawn from Vialon IV catheters (particularly smaller gauge catheters) and from veins outside the antecubital area are at significantly increased risk to hemolyze.

  • factors affecting the risk of Blood Bank specimen hemolysis
    Academic Emergency Medicine, 2003
    Co-Authors: Paula Tanabe, Demetrious N. Kyriacou, Franklyn Garland
    Abstract:

    Objectives: To evaluate simultaneously several possible risk factors for Blood Bank specimen hemolysis. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of emergency department and labor and delivery patients to estimate the effect of various factors on the risk of Blood Bank specimen hemolysis. Study variables included patient demographics, type and gauge of needle or catheter, anatomic location of venipuncture, and patient care area. Hemolysis was determined by Blood Bank laboratory technicians. Cox proportional hazards multivariate regression modeling was performed to estimate the adjusted relative risks for hemolysis. Results: Of the 605 subjects with complete data, 194 (32.1%) subjects had Blood specimens drawn directly with a steel needle, and 411 (69.1%) had specimens drawn through a Vialon (BD Medical Systems, Inc., Sandy, UT) intravenous (IV) angiocatheter. The overall risk of hemolysis for all was 7%, 10% for Vialon IV angiocatheters and 1.5% for steel needles. In the multivariate analysis, the factors most closely associated with hemolysis were the use of Vialon IV catheters and sampling from an anatomic site other than the antecubital area. Conclusions: Blood Bank specimens drawn from Vialon IV catheters (particularly smaller gauge catheters) and from veins outside the antecubital area are at significantly increased risk to hemolyze.

John R Hess - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.