Transfusion

Study Suggests Price Of Blood Is Higher Than Reported

Published in Blood Weekly, December 6th, 2001

For the first time, a new study has identified and quantified the often underappreciated contributors to blood transfusion costs - ranging from collection to transfusion.

This information should provide hospitals with a guide for monitoring their actual blood costs and identifying ways to save costs. These findings were presented October 16, 2001, by researchers from Thomas Jefferson University at the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) annual meeting. Major contributing factors to the cost of blood include blood screenings, transportation, processing, testing, type matching, adverse reactions, and overhead.

"What started out as a very...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2001-12-06)

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