ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Quality Improvement Project of a Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP) to Reduce Wastage of Blood Components.
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- Reducing blood wastage through introduction of a transfusion team.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Improving the Compliance of Massive Hemorrhage Protocols Through Education Is Associated with Patient Survival.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Analysis of Massive Transfusion Protocol Utilization in Trauma Across Sociodemographic Groups.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Blood Lost: A Retrospective Review of Blood Wastage from a Massive Transfusion Protocol in a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Blood shortages and changes to massive transfusion protocols: Survey of hospital practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2022Article
- Adherence to low volume massive hemorrhage protocol: Experience from an urban level 1 trauma center.Asian journal of transfusion scienceArticle
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Massive transfusion protocols (MTPs) facilitate the organized delivery of blood components for traumatically injured patients. MTPs vary across institutions, and ratios of blood components can change during clinical management. As a result, significant amounts of components can be wasted. We completed a review of all MTP activations from 2015 to 2018, providing an in-depth analysis of waste in our single Level 1 trauma center. An interdepartmental group analyzed patterns of blood component wastage to guide three quality improvement initiatives. Specifically, we (1) completed a digital timeline for each MTP activation and termination, (2) improved communications between departments, and (3) provided yearly training for all personnel about MTP deployment. The analysis identified an association between delayed MTP deactivations and waste (RR = 1.48, CI 1.19-1.85,
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