Causes of Washed Blood Consumption in Urmia Educational and Medical Hospitals in 2017

Washed blood is a product obtained from whole blood by centrifugation and removal of plasma and washing of red blood cells in an isotonic solution. This study aimed to determine the causes of consumption of washed blood in Urmia teaching and medical hospitals in 2017.

This study was a retrospective and includes 75 requests for washed blood of patients that were requested from the blood bank during 2017 in a total of 135 units in Imam Khomeini, Taleghani, Seyed Al-Shohada, and Motahhari hospitals under the auspices of Urmia University of Medical Sciences.

In this study, the results showed that female gender with 41 (54.7%) cases and also the age group between (31-45) years with 18 (24%) cases with a total of 29 units were among the most requested, also dialysis ward with 27 (36%) cases with 48 units and kidney and heart failure with 18 (24%) cases and 32 units were among the most requested, Chronic anemia was also the main reason for requesting a blood transfusion. Most of the requests were in the morning shift and most of the deliveries and injections were in the evening shift, and most of the patients had only 1 unit of blood washed and had one request, delivery, and injection.

The amount of washed blood use in Urmia teaching and medical hospitals is relatively appropriate, but it needs training and informing to officials of medical centers for proper and appropriate use of this product.