National Wrong Blood In Tube - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
National Wrong Blood In Tube - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
National Wrong Blood In Tube - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
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How do we compare with international<br />
figures for mislabelled specimens?<br />
• Murphy et al, Transfus Med, 2004 UK study<br />
• Rejection rate of 3.2%<br />
– “…identified great variation in policies and practice for sample<br />
collection..”<br />
– “…practice Or can allowing we additions learn or from changes the to sample best tubes &<br />
request forms varied …”<br />
– “…regular performing tracking of the <strong>Irish</strong> rates of specimen hospitals? rejection could be<br />
used to identify poor performance in individual hospitals…”<br />
Further analysis of our own data!!<br />
• Dzik et al, Vox Sang, 2003, 10-country<br />
worldwide study<br />
• Rejection Rate of 0.2% to 1.7%<br />
– “…great variation worldwide in the reported frequency of<br />
mislabelled samples, probably representing from variation in<br />
policies for sample acceptance..”
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