The Inventory Levels of Red Blood Cells from Sentinel Hospitals in Korea according to the Blood Type .
- Author:
Woong Rin CHANG
1
;
Young Ae LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. limyoung@ajou.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Red blood cells;
Average daily usage;
Ideal inventory level;
Minimal inventory level
- MeSH:
Erythrocytes;
Korea;
Nitriles;
Pyrethrins
- From:Korean Journal of Blood Transfusion
2008;19(3):155-164
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
BACKGROUND: A survey for determining the inventory levels of blood products in hospitals is needed, not only for the effective management of the blood products, but also for controlling and planning of the blood supply in Korea. However, any nation-wide survey has never been reported in Korea. Our aims were to provide the information about the status of the RBCs inventory levels of each blood type in the hospitals, and to suggest guidelines for estimating the inventory levels of hospitals. METHODS: We analyzed the data of the average daily usage, the ideal inventory levels and the minimal inventory levels of RBCs according to the each blood type for 28 sentinel hospitals that participate in the 'blood inventory monitoring system'. This system is a surveillance program for monitoring the usage and inventory levels of blood products. RESULTS: The hospitals showed different levels for the average daily usage, the ideal inventory and the minimal inventory according to each blood type. The average daily usage, the ideal inventory level and the minimal inventory level of blood type A were the highest compared to those of the other blood types. For each blood type, the average ideal inventory level is about 5 times higher than the average daily usage, and the average minimal inventory level is about 2 times higher than the average daily usage. CONCLUSION: This is the first nation-wide report on the average daily usage, the ideal inventory levels and the minimal inventory level of each blood type for Korean hospitals, and this data will be helpful to understand the inventory status and estimate the inventory levels of blood products.
