An international survey on the role of the hospital transfusion committee

• DOI: 10.1111/trf.14033
• Publication Date: 2017-02-25T03:57:03Z
• Authors: Mark H. Yazer; Miguel Lozano; Mark Fung; Jose Kutner; Michael F. Murphy; Torunn Oveland Ap...; Ryszard Pogłód; Kathleen Selleng; Alan Tinmouth; Silvano Wendel; Vered Yahalom
• Keywords: Excellence; Transfusion medicine

Hospital transfusion committees (HTCs) can oversee all aspects of practice at a hospital. This survey sought to identify which quality variables were being reported HTCs around the world.A working party composed members Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) collaborative developed that could be potentially presented HTC meetings. The was electronically sent BEST who encouraged complete it if they active on an and send other colleagues with similar experience. An expert panel convened determine are most important review meetings.There 121 respondents; majority from Europe (52%), Asia (19%), or North America (19%). Most respondents (68%) university hospitals. Of 117 (97%) HTC, committee often met quarterly (42%) reviewed reactions (79%) risk management-reported events (52%). commonly included medicine physicians, anesthesiologists, physicians regularly transfuse blood products. Some number products transfused, wasted, expired improperly labeled specimens. analysis revealed some deemed not frequently HTCs.There is variability in world reported.