STANDARDIZATION OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION STUDIES IN THE MILITARY. DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR A MEDICAL TEAM CONCEPT. ROLE OF THE HOSPITAL TRANSFUSION BOARD.
Abstract
One of the main goals of the Hospital Transfusion Board is the prevention of injury from blood transfusion therapy. To fulfill this mission, a delegated, coordinated procedure system for the investigation and management of blood transfusion reactions (BTR) has been evolved. This includes the logical implementation of the cross-check principle in the patient at the operational level of the hospital ward and at the laboratory bench. The pathologist is provided with a hospital-wide detection and salvage system which will: (1) detect at the earliest possible moment the existence of a BTR (including Incompatible Hemolytic Blood Transfusion Disease (IHBTD)); (2) detect a probably coexistent consumption coagulopathy; (3) mobilize swiftly lifesaving therapy in diagnosed cases of IHBTD; and (4) develop a record of the events as data are recorded on the Blood Transfusion Reaction Report. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 28, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0707395
Entities
People
- Dale L. Kessler
- Frank R. Camp Jr.
- Frank R. Ellis
- Nicholas F. Conte
- Robert M. Nalbandian
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research Laboratory