Abstract

Background: Blood is precious and there is no alternative for human blood. Proper utilization as well as rationale use of blood is necessary with minimal discarding of blood units and implementing various interventions that can be used to optimize blood and its components use by training and education. Aim: An analytical study of discarded units of whole blood and its components in a blood bank at a Tertiary care hospital in vadodara. Study designs and methods: Data on the number of discarded whole blood units and its components, reasons for discard, number of blood components processed as well as the number of collected blood units were obtained from blood bank records and registers. The data obtained was analyzed. Results: The total number of blood units collected from Jan 2016 to Dec 2018 was 13249 from which 36447 units of components were prepared. The total number of discarded whole blood units and its components was 5097.