https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:31416 28 days) received in the main laboratory rotated from peripheral hospitals, down from 6%-41% to 0%-2.5%. Conclusion: Age-related expiry of blood products is preventable and can be significantly reduced by improving practices in the pathology service. This study provides proof of principle for "zero tolerance for RBC unit expiry" across a large networked blood banking service.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 10:55:04 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19102 =10 units of PRBC. Average PRBC use was 7.2 ± 6.6 units and fresh frozen plasma use 4.3 ± 5.2 units. Thirty-nine percent (25/64) had a pelvic ring injury or acetabular fracture. Thirty-seven percent (24/64) had at least one femoral shaft fracture. Twenty patients had a total of 23 tibia fractures. Conclusions: Orthopaedic trauma patients consume the majority of the blood products <24 hours among blunt trauma patients. This resource-intensive group requires frequent urgent surgical interventions and intensive care unit admission.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:55:50 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:20178 110 g/l). Conclusion: The prospective evaluation of acutely transfused trauma patients showed a distinct pattern of transfusion triggers as the patient passes from ED to the OT and arrives to the ICU. The conventional transfusion trigger (haemoglobin level) is not appropriate in ET as early transfusion triggers are based on vital signs, blood gas results, injury patterns and anticipated major bleeding.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:51:40 AEDT ]]>