The USCENTCOM Walking Blood Bank Performance Benchmark and Anticipated Benefit of Universal Low Titer Type O Screening

Am Surg. 2024 Apr 25:31348241248798. doi: 10.1177/00031348241248798. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe walking blood bank (WBB) is a system for emergency blood acquisition from nearby donors if a patient's blood needs exceed the immediate supply. USCENTCOM medical units will perform a walking blood bank if immediate blood requirements exceed the local supply. A benchmark WBB performance time was needed to provide a training goal for military WBB exercises. An expeditionary WBB performance time benchmark was created from prospective measurements of USCENTCOM medical unit performance times over 9 months. The mean total time, and new performance benchmark, for a WBB in USCENTCOM was 41.4 min +/- 13.2 min. USCENTCOM time from donor arrival to a transfusable unit mean time was 34.4 +/- 12.1 min. Expeditionary medical units conducting a WBB should expect to meet or exceed the provided benchmark.PMID:38664369 | DOI:10.1177/00031348241248798
Source: The American Surgeon - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research