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• TITLE: Analysis of a Blood-Saving Intervention during Blood Collection in Critical Patients

  AUTHORS: Mònica Maqueda Palau, Eva Pérez Juan

  KEYWORDS: Phlebotomy, Blood Conservation Strategies, Blood Specimen Collection, Critical Care Nursing, Advanced Practice Nursing

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.8 No.6, June 7, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Background: To study the impact of 3 blood-saving strategies to reduce the amount of blood collected on the analyses performed on critically ill patients. Methods: Pre-post quasi-experimental study. Population: patients > 18 years of age, stay of more than 24 hours. Variables: sex, age, diagnosis, admission unit, number of tests performed in 24 hours, volume of waste, usable blood volume, total volume collected in 24 hours, haemoglobin (Hb) at admission and at 24 hours, weight balance, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) severity indices, Simplified Acute Physiologic Score (SAPS), catheter, extraction technique, and work experience. A descriptive analysis of variance and association of variables was carried out using the SPSS Statistics 20.0. Results: The average number of laboratory tests per patient 24 hours after admission in the post-intervention phase was 5.8 (±1.9), compared to 7.2 (±2.6) in the pre-intervention phase (p