EU Optimal Blood Use Project
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Purpose
Quality System
Adverse events
Documentation
Blood components
Clinical
Blood Bank
Audit
Training
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Purpose
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Background
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Language, translation and definitions
Evidence
Quality System
Introduction
Clinical quality assurance
Quality system for clinical transfusion
Success factors
Hospital Transfusion Team
Managing the environment
Quality indicators for blood transfusion
Specific indicators of transfusion practice
Adverse events
Avoiding Errors, Adverse Events and Adverse Reactions
Some features of different national haemovigilance programmes
Prevention and avoidance
Errors: causes, consequences and actions for quality improvement
Documentation
Documentation for Quality
Clinical Transfusion Guidelines
Blood components
Essential Information about Blood Components
Preparation of blood components
Blood component label
Labelling of blood prepared for an individual patient
Outline of blood component preparation and composition
Platelet components
Plasma components
Pathogen-reduced blood components
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Transfusion Associate Graft versus Host Disease (TA GvHD)
Use of washed red cells
Clinical indications for transfusion of blood components
Component specifications from Directive 2004/33/EC
Clinical
Quality of clinical evidence
Epidemiology of blood use
Which patients get transfused?
To transfuse or not?
Urgent and emergency transfusion – major bleeding
Clinical conditions that require a clinical transfusion guideline
Evidence: Systematic reviews and clinical guidelines
Evidence-based recommendations for practice
Key points about the clinical indications for transfusing blood components
Platelets
Fresh Frozen Plasma
Fibrinogen replacement
Frequently asked questions about blood components
Avoiding the need to transfuse: planned surgery
Informing patients
Blood Bank
The Clinical Transfusion Process: The Hospital Blood Bank
Audit
How to Evaluate Transfusion Practice: Methods for Clinical Audit
Success factors: resources, leadership and management support
Clinical audit and clinical research
The audit cycle
Planning and setting up the clinical audit
Collect data
Analyse audit data
Present the results
Presentation of results
Detailed examples of audits
Training
How to Implement a Training Programme to Support Transfusion Practice
Establish leadership and management support
Undertake training needs assessment
Baseline assessment of knowledge and practice
Obtain teaching and training material
Select teaching methods
Assess theoretical knowledge and practical competency
Manage training records
Evaluate the training programme
Sustain the momentum of the programme
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List of contributors
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