WPBTS Blood Return Policy

These guidelines are established to ensure safe transfusion of all blood products.

Red Cell Products
All red cells products can be returned to the Blood Bank for credit, if they conform to all of the following:

• Returned to the Blood Bank within 24 hours of issue
• Returned at a temperature between 2 to 10 ^oC
• Returned to the Blood Bank with the cable tie attaching the unit to the container not cut
• Returned to the Blood Bank with the hermetic seal unbroken

These units will be kept for a further 24 hours for the same patient.

Platelet Products
All platelet products are non-returnable.

Plasma Products
Plasma products viz. fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate, are non-returnable.

Fractionated Products
WPBTS products (Albumin, stabilised human serum, virally inactivated anti-haemophilic factor)
These products can be returned to the Blood Bank if it is returned immediately or within a reasonable time after issue and it conforms to all of the following:

• Returned to the Blood Bank with the product seal undamaged or tampered with
• Returned to the Blood Bank with the packaging and labelling undamaged

NBI products
NBI products are not returnable unless issued by the Blood Bank in error.

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