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- Title
Improvement in Platelet Product Wastage and Reduction of Costs through Implementation of the Pan Genera Detection Test.
- Authors
Munyikwa, Ru; Walker, LeeAnn; Rajendran, Rajkumar
- Abstract
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Pan Genera Detection (PGD) testing on reducing platelet product wastage and transfusion service costs. Methods We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study comparing the number of platelet apheresis units wasted before (March 2017 to February 2019) and after (March 2019 to February 2021) PGD implementation. The PGD testing was performed before transfusion on days 6 and 7. Cost analysis considered the costs of platelet units wasted ($500.00/unit) and PGD test supplies and performance (estimated $26.50 per test). Paired samples t -test was used to compare platelet wastage pre- and post-PGD implementation. Results The number of wasted platelet units decreased from pre-PGD (419) to post-PGD (195), representing a significant decrease in platelet wastage from 17.5% to 9.2% (P < .0001). During the post-PGD period, 366 and 133 units were tested on days 6 and 7, with 28 and 36 units discarded each day, allowing transfusion of an additional 302 platelet units. Costs from platelet wastage decreased from $209,500.00 pre-PGD to $97,500.00 post-PGD. Conclusion Our results showed that PGD testing effectively reduced platelet wastage, extended platelet availability, and reduced transfusion service costs.
- Subjects
BLOOD platelets; CROSS-sectional method; RETROSPECTIVE studies; TERTIARY care; INSTITUTIONAL review boards; COST benefit analysis; COMPARATIVE studies; T-test (Statistics); PRE-tests &; post-tests; BACTERIOPHAGE typing; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PLATELETPHERESIS; PROBABILITY theory
- Publication
Laboratory Medicine, 2023, Vol 54, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
0007-5027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/labmed/lmac111