The USCENTCOM Walking Blood Bank Performance Benchmark and Anticipated Benefit of Universal Low Titer Type O Screening

Andrew Hall; Alexander Alba; Cara Olsen; Nicholas Greene; Kasey Hales; Darienne DeWalt; Brendon Drew; Ryan Comes; Matthew Hanson

doi:10.1177/00031348241248798

The USCENTCOM Walking Blood Bank Performance Benchmark and Anticipated Benefit of Universal Low Titer Type O Screening

Andrew Hall^*, Alexander Alba, Cara Olsen, Nicholas Greene, Kasey Hales, Darienne DeWalt, Brendon Drew, Ryan Comes, Matthew Hanson

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Abstract

The walking blood bank (WBB) is a system for emergency blood acquisition from nearby donors if a patient’s blood needs exceed the immediate supply. USCENTCOM medical units will perform a walking blood bank if immediate blood requirements exceed the local supply. A benchmark WBB performance time was needed to provide a training goal for military WBB exercises. An expeditionary WBB performance time benchmark was created from prospective measurements of USCENTCOM medical unit performance times over 9 months. The mean total time, and new performance benchmark, for a WBB in USCENTCOM was 41.4 min +/− 13.2 min. USCENTCOM time from donor arrival to a transfusable unit mean time was 34.4 +/− 12.1 min. Expeditionary medical units conducting a WBB should expect to meet or exceed the provided benchmark.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3113-3114
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Surgeon
Volume	90
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348241248798
State	Published - Nov 2024
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

evacuation
learning
military

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