The use of blood-based products in a tertiary hospital is elevated so control and rational use is necessary. Many hospitals have protocols for the use of blood components. The aim of this work was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of blood-based product requests and their adjustment to the protocol of Hospital de Clínicas in Porto Alegre. Using a cross-sectional retrospective study, we analyzed the frequencies and indications of transfusion requests in 2005 in three different sectors (Clinical, Surgical and Intensive Care Unit). Each transfusion request was analyzed according to the current protocol. A total of 12,175 transfusion requests were analyzed. Requests for blood (6,578) were the commonest, followed by platelets (4,133), fresh frozen plasma (1296) and cryoprecipitate (168). Lost data represented 2.96% of the total events. The three sectors were responsible for 59.77% of blood-based product requests. The Clinical Sector requested 85.57% of its transfusions satisfactorily, followed by the ICU (81.4%) and finally the Surgical Sector (71.42%). The majority of transfusion requests in HCPA in 2005 were adequate according to the protocol. The Clinical Sector had the best request profile, followed by the ICU and the Surgical Sectort.
Blood transfusion; platelet transfusion; fresh frozen plasma; clinical protocol
