HOME BLOOD TRANSFUSION, A SAFETY OPTION IN SPAIN
(Abstract release date: 05/19/16)
EHA Library. MAHIA GARGANTIN G. 06/09/16; 135116; PB2216
Dr. GABRIEL DOMINGO MAHIA GARGANTIN
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Abstract
Abstract: PB2216
Type: Publication Only
Background
The terms ' Home medical care ' generically designate a wide range of support services for palliative patients and people with disabilities. The designation includes everything, to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.Quite often chronic and terminally ill patients who are being treated with Domiciliary Hospitalization usually require a blood transfusion. Commonly the form of action is to transfer the patient to the hospital. In many cases, this transfer can be uncomfortable and painful for the patient and implies costs of medical transport or transfer costs assumed by the patient.
Aims
San Rafael Hospital in Granada, Spain provides a Home medical service for chronic patients and palliative patients. A recent initiative of the Haematology Department of the Hospital is to offer home transfusions which aims to reduce the demand for emergency services and the need for hospital admission. To carry out this activity we must emphasize that all blood transfusion must ensure the patient safety, always carried out by qualified personnel of Home Hospitalization units (HHU).
Methods
San Rafael Hospital has a written a standard operating procedure, reviewed by the hematologist and the personal of the Medical Blood Bank. Before performing the blood transfusion, the patient (or the person authorized to sign Relation to Patient) has signed Informed Consent Form.
Results
, 100% of home transfusions in our Center have signed informed consent. A copy is recorded in the patient's history. Before the blood transfusion, the patient is visited by the HHU which is composed by a Physician and a qualified nurse, which has verified that the place where it is going to be performed the activity, has the minimum requirements. Patients who have requested this service had oncological diseases and are palliative patients. 88% transfusions of the total had been red blood cells and 11% platelet units. No reaction has been registered. After transfusion, the doctor UHD had visit the patient to assess the improvement and to make the following diagnostic tests.
Conclusion
The Home blood transfusion is an accessible and safety alternative for chronic patients and palliative patients in Granada Spain that decrease associated costs, reduce the hospital admissions and demand on acute services.
Session topic: E-poster
Keyword(s): Transfusion
Type: Publication Only
Background
The terms ' Home medical care ' generically designate a wide range of support services for palliative patients and people with disabilities. The designation includes everything, to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.Quite often chronic and terminally ill patients who are being treated with Domiciliary Hospitalization usually require a blood transfusion. Commonly the form of action is to transfer the patient to the hospital. In many cases, this transfer can be uncomfortable and painful for the patient and implies costs of medical transport or transfer costs assumed by the patient.
Aims
San Rafael Hospital in Granada, Spain provides a Home medical service for chronic patients and palliative patients. A recent initiative of the Haematology Department of the Hospital is to offer home transfusions which aims to reduce the demand for emergency services and the need for hospital admission. To carry out this activity we must emphasize that all blood transfusion must ensure the patient safety, always carried out by qualified personnel of Home Hospitalization units (HHU).
Methods
San Rafael Hospital has a written a standard operating procedure, reviewed by the hematologist and the personal of the Medical Blood Bank. Before performing the blood transfusion, the patient (or the person authorized to sign Relation to Patient) has signed Informed Consent Form.
Results
, 100% of home transfusions in our Center have signed informed consent. A copy is recorded in the patient's history. Before the blood transfusion, the patient is visited by the HHU which is composed by a Physician and a qualified nurse, which has verified that the place where it is going to be performed the activity, has the minimum requirements. Patients who have requested this service had oncological diseases and are palliative patients. 88% transfusions of the total had been red blood cells and 11% platelet units. No reaction has been registered. After transfusion, the doctor UHD had visit the patient to assess the improvement and to make the following diagnostic tests.
Conclusion
The Home blood transfusion is an accessible and safety alternative for chronic patients and palliative patients in Granada Spain that decrease associated costs, reduce the hospital admissions and demand on acute services.
Session topic: E-poster
Keyword(s): Transfusion
Abstract: PB2216
Type: Publication Only
Background
The terms ' Home medical care ' generically designate a wide range of support services for palliative patients and people with disabilities. The designation includes everything, to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.Quite often chronic and terminally ill patients who are being treated with Domiciliary Hospitalization usually require a blood transfusion. Commonly the form of action is to transfer the patient to the hospital. In many cases, this transfer can be uncomfortable and painful for the patient and implies costs of medical transport or transfer costs assumed by the patient.
Aims
San Rafael Hospital in Granada, Spain provides a Home medical service for chronic patients and palliative patients. A recent initiative of the Haematology Department of the Hospital is to offer home transfusions which aims to reduce the demand for emergency services and the need for hospital admission. To carry out this activity we must emphasize that all blood transfusion must ensure the patient safety, always carried out by qualified personnel of Home Hospitalization units (HHU).
Methods
San Rafael Hospital has a written a standard operating procedure, reviewed by the hematologist and the personal of the Medical Blood Bank. Before performing the blood transfusion, the patient (or the person authorized to sign Relation to Patient) has signed Informed Consent Form.
Results
, 100% of home transfusions in our Center have signed informed consent. A copy is recorded in the patient's history. Before the blood transfusion, the patient is visited by the HHU which is composed by a Physician and a qualified nurse, which has verified that the place where it is going to be performed the activity, has the minimum requirements. Patients who have requested this service had oncological diseases and are palliative patients. 88% transfusions of the total had been red blood cells and 11% platelet units. No reaction has been registered. After transfusion, the doctor UHD had visit the patient to assess the improvement and to make the following diagnostic tests.
Conclusion
The Home blood transfusion is an accessible and safety alternative for chronic patients and palliative patients in Granada Spain that decrease associated costs, reduce the hospital admissions and demand on acute services.
Session topic: E-poster
Keyword(s): Transfusion
Type: Publication Only
Background
The terms ' Home medical care ' generically designate a wide range of support services for palliative patients and people with disabilities. The designation includes everything, to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.Quite often chronic and terminally ill patients who are being treated with Domiciliary Hospitalization usually require a blood transfusion. Commonly the form of action is to transfer the patient to the hospital. In many cases, this transfer can be uncomfortable and painful for the patient and implies costs of medical transport or transfer costs assumed by the patient.
Aims
San Rafael Hospital in Granada, Spain provides a Home medical service for chronic patients and palliative patients. A recent initiative of the Haematology Department of the Hospital is to offer home transfusions which aims to reduce the demand for emergency services and the need for hospital admission. To carry out this activity we must emphasize that all blood transfusion must ensure the patient safety, always carried out by qualified personnel of Home Hospitalization units (HHU).
Methods
San Rafael Hospital has a written a standard operating procedure, reviewed by the hematologist and the personal of the Medical Blood Bank. Before performing the blood transfusion, the patient (or the person authorized to sign Relation to Patient) has signed Informed Consent Form.
Results
, 100% of home transfusions in our Center have signed informed consent. A copy is recorded in the patient's history. Before the blood transfusion, the patient is visited by the HHU which is composed by a Physician and a qualified nurse, which has verified that the place where it is going to be performed the activity, has the minimum requirements. Patients who have requested this service had oncological diseases and are palliative patients. 88% transfusions of the total had been red blood cells and 11% platelet units. No reaction has been registered. After transfusion, the doctor UHD had visit the patient to assess the improvement and to make the following diagnostic tests.
Conclusion
The Home blood transfusion is an accessible and safety alternative for chronic patients and palliative patients in Granada Spain that decrease associated costs, reduce the hospital admissions and demand on acute services.
Session topic: E-poster
Keyword(s): Transfusion
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