Abstract
Human blood is the only source of red blood cells, platelets and plasma, and includes the clotting factors. Transfusion of concentrated erythrocyte and blood products is a simple form of organ transplant, the benefits of blood transfusion are real, and the life of the patients depends on how is used. to know the transfusion adherence to the recommendations in the Hospital of High Specialty of Veracruz. For a period of 12 months an audit took place in the Transfusion Service of the Hospital of High Specialty of Veracruz, México, on a basis of 3 168 requests for transfusion from which 2314 corresponded to erythrocyte concentrate, 220 to platelet concentrate, 493 to fresh frozen plasma and 41 to cryoprecipitate. An analysis of concordance was made with the different established regulations for a right indication and the results showed that 2171 (67.26%) were appropriate and 1037 were inadequate, which means that the lack of academic training in medicine transfusional affects the risk for patients and cost for Health Institutions.
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