Reducing blood wastage through introduction of a transfusion team
Dedicated transfusion teams during emergency use of blood were associated with lower wastage and lower transfusion volumes. Transfusion teams may lead to more precise management of critical bleeding, while enabling cognitive capacity for the team leader to focus on identifying and controlling haemorrhage.
Authors
- Alexandra Nevill
- Biswadev Mitra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-2450)
- Jackson Catalano
- Gerard O’Reilly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5763-917X)
- Ruby Garland
Institutions
- IP Australia (AU)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre (AU)
- National Trauma Research Institute (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-025-01452-w
- Primary Topic
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00