National Wrong Blood In Tube - Irish Blood Transfusion Service

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Total specimens received & WBIT incidences June – August 2011 Jun ’11 Jul ’11 Aug ’11 Total for 3-month period Samples received 24,023 23,326 23,797 71,146 No. of WBIT <strong>In</strong>cidences 4 5 6 15 Average rate of WBIT per month One hospital accounted for 3 of the 15 WBIT incidences reported in this survey 0.017% 0.021% – a WBIT rate of 0.2% (or 1 in 503 specimens) 0.025% 0.021% This hospital had a mislabelling rate of 3.5% (or 1 in 4,743 specimens) Range in WBIT incidences for the hospitals who responded is 0.0% to 0.2%
What have we learned from the study? • All respondents have policies and procedures • Training to the samplers is provided though with difficulty gaining access to medical staff • The data for mislabelling of specimens and WBIT incidents is comparable with international findings though with some variations
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Page 7 and 8: Does your hospital have a written p
Page 9 and 10: Is training provided in your hospit
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Page 15 and 16: Total specimens received and reject
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Page 19 and 20: Number Number 31 24 16 35 32 17 3 4
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