The checklist provides recommendations for ensuring proper infrastructure, policies, and procedures are in place for blood collection and distribution departments. Key items include: having a qualified physician manage the department, appropriately screening donors, monitoring storage temperatures of blood products, tracking the collection and distribution of blood, conducting recipient testing and monitoring adverse reactions, training staff on safety protocols, and having policies in place for quality control. The checklist aims to help blood banks meet standards for properly collecting, storing, and transfusing blood to recipients.
The checklist provides recommendations for ensuring proper infrastructure, policies, and procedures are in place for blood collection and distribution departments. Key items include: having a qualified physician manage the department, appropriately screening donors, monitoring storage temperatures of blood products, tracking the collection and distribution of blood, conducting recipient testing and monitoring adverse reactions, training staff on safety protocols, and having policies in place for quality control. The checklist aims to help blood banks meet standards for properly collecting, storing, and transfusing blood to recipients.
The checklist provides recommendations for ensuring proper infrastructure, policies, and procedures are in place for blood collection and distribution departments. Key items include: having a qualified physician manage the department, appropriately screening donors, monitoring storage temperatures of blood products, tracking the collection and distribution of blood, conducting recipient testing and monitoring adverse reactions, training staff on safety protocols, and having policies in place for quality control. The checklist aims to help blood banks meet standards for properly collecting, storing, and transfusing blood to recipients.
S. No. Process/Infrastructure Observations Recommendations
1 A full time physician qualified in laboratory medicine or hematology shall manage the blood collection/distribution department. 2 Donors are appropriately screened prior to blood donation. 3 A couch or cot needs to be provided for the donor for the donor and other infrastructure is present 4 Emergency service (Crash cart) is required in the event of a donor reaction. 5 Refrigerators, warmers and freezers must have temperature monitoring devices with alarm systems and constant UPS backup power. 6 System in place for identification of ageing blood and blood products. 7 A list of all department objectives and organogram exist 8 Policies and procedures for blood bank are present and known to all staff 9 Appropriate disposal of blood and blood products. 10 A blood and blood product collection/distribution register/ distribution tracking system exists. 11 There is an evidence of hospital transfusion committee with defined terms of reference, reporting lines and minutes of meetings. 12 Donated blood is labeled appropriately with adhesive labels. 13 14 Whole blood and red blood cells are stored between 2 and 6 degree Centigrade. 15 Fresh frozen plasma is stored at -25 degree centigrade. 16 Standard pre- testing of recipients including emergency patients are applied at all times with documented audits of all blood transfusions. Pre testing record completed for each recipient consisting of ABO typing, Rh (D) group, Anti body screen & Cross Match. 17 Register of all recipient adverse reactions to blood and blood products. 18 Data collected regarding recipient adverse reactions is collated, analyzed and reported to the blood transfusion committee. 19 All steps of the administration of blood and blood products to be performed by two members of qualified nursing staff and documented. 20 An approved blood warming device is used and blood warming device are monitored so that blood is not warmed above 38 degree centigrade. 21 Staff ratios must be sufficient 22 Staff aware of Hazmat kit/spill management 23 Hospital mission/vision/objectives known 24 Emergency codes known 25 Fire fighting techniques known 26 Needle stick injury protocol known to all nurses 27 Adequate PPEs available 28 Job descriptions available with all staff 29 Staff is aware of All Human resource policies and guidelines 30 Any major problem related to infrastructure Zoning Seepage/Leakage Inappropriately placed items 31 Staff aware about patient rights and responsibilities