Postdonation Information and Blood Component Retrievals: Realigning Blood Center and Hospital Actions Based on Risk Assessment

Blood centers often receive information from individuals after blood donation that should have resulted in their deferral and may attempt to retrieve distributed blood components that did not meet all quality standards and regulations. Typically, the information is discovered or reported only after the components from the donation have been transfused. Blood centers may notify the transfusion service and provide a statement of the potential risk, if any, associated with the blood components, but the transfusion service must decide if further investigation, notification of the transfusing physician, or counseling of the patient is warranted.

Source: Transfusion Medicine Reviews - September 26, 2014 Category: Hematology Authors: Anne F. Eder, Mindy Goldman Source Type: research