Improving blood transfusion safety in a low-resource setting: an audit of 1,163 transfusion requests

Each form was audited against the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) minimum standards for content of a blood request form. Considering all blood requests, the standards met in order from least to most were: signature of requesting doctor (36%), urgency of request (43%), hospital number (59%), indication for transfusion (62%), type of product requested (72%), requesting doctor's name (78%), age or date of birth of patient (84%), gender of patient (89%), quantity of products requested (90%), date form was completed (90%), patient's ward (95%), and patient's full name (100%).