Monitoring Blood Utilization for Transfusion Services in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital: Evidence-Based Analysis

Background: Blood transfusion services have to provide adequate, timely, safe blood and its components. With the aim of maximizing the use of this vital medical resource, there has been a significant evolution in the processes of clinical transference of blood and its components. Objective: To analyze the utility of whole blood and specific components, appropriateness and health outcomes related to use of these products. Methods: Pooled data from various inpatient departments in a tertiary care hospital during the period 2021–2024, which included six separate phases in all, five retrospective phases (Phase-1 to Phase-5) and one prospective phase (Phase-6), each phase with a duration of six months. Results: Revealed that female patients utilized 51.79% and male patients utilized about 48.21% of the total of 1504 blood transfused samples which included whole blood and separated components. Among all VI phases, the most utilised component was PRBC 67.75%, the moderately used component was FFP 10.70%, the low-used components were Whole blood and Platelets 5.38%, and the least utilized components were RDP 3.92%. Conclusion: All findings revealed that the utilization of the Whole Blood and Components was appropriate based on the diagnosis with indications and resulted in positive health outcomes among the patients.