The effect of blood usage protocol on the age of packed red blood cell transfusions administered at 2 veterinary teaching hospitals
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE, 25(5), 679–683.
author keywords: storage lesion; canine; transfusion; blood products
MeSH headings : Animals; Blood Preservation / veterinary; Dog Diseases / therapy; Dogs; Drug Utilization; Erythrocyte Transfusion / veterinary; Hospitals, Animal / standards; Hospitals, Teaching; Ontario; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Schools, Veterinary / standards
TL;DR:
A standardized protocol for the priority administration of the oldest stored PRBC resulted in the administration of significantly older PRBC, but fewer expired units of PRBC were discarded.
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