Assessing Transfusion Practice at the Bedside: Key Insights from the 2023 Bedside Audit of Blood Administration

Tracy Cameron, MLT, T. (Dorien) Ruijs, MD FRCPC GenPath, Donna Berta, RN, Alison Wendt MLT – Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network

The provincial Bedside Audit of Blood Administration was conducted from January to April 2023 to assess compliance with current standards and best practices for pre-transfusion. The sections of the audit included, demographics, pre-transfusion checks (for transfusionist, transfusion service and transfusion), patient identification checks, blood component verification checks and post transfusion checks. The audit results were compared to the 2018 to measure improvement in compliance. The goal of this audit was to promote quality improvement and transfusion safety.

Notable Improvements: The 2023 audit revealed that compliance in pre-transfusion checks (96%) and procedure checks (94%) has steadily improved across the province

Areas for Growth:

Despite improvements, there are still gaps in ..... [Read More]