British Columbia Update April 2015 Darlene Mueller BC TMAG
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Transfusion Medicine Education
Surgical Patient Registry Linkage (2008/09 – 2013/14) Provincial Specialty Surgeon Forecast Health Authority Procedure Seasonality
Facts about Surgical Blood Transfusions 2008/09 – 2013/14 4.8% of surgeries used RBC (87,504 surgeries) 33% of provincial RBC used in surgeries (288,634 units)
Surgical Blood Used 2013/14
Forecasting* RBCs in Surgery by Age Group *Projection based on the age and gender specific transfusion/donor rates in 2012 and assumes the rates are constant along the years.
Transfusion Rates are Summarized: By speciality By procedure By health authority By surgeon’s case volume By surgeon