Korean J Blood Transfus.  2015 Aug;26(2):142-151. 10.17945/kjbt.2015.26.2.142.

Analysis Survey on Changes in Hospital Blood Donation Center and Satisfaction Level with the Korean Red Cross

• Choi GR
• Kim HO
• Kim S
• Jang CH
• Choi YS
• Kim JN

• KMID: 2255810
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.17945/kjbt.2015.26.2.142

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Blood supply circumstances in Korea have changed in recent decades because of blood supplier diversification and restructuring of hospital blood donation centers. The purpose of this study is to understand the current status of hospital blood donation centers and their satisfaction levels with the Korean Red Cross Blood Center (KRCBC) and compare with the previous results for sustainable development of the blood supply system.
METHODS
During one month in November 2014, we conducted a questionnaire survey through e-mail in 64 hospital blood donation centers which are approved by government. The response rate was 97% (62/64 hospitals). Responses from 62 hospitals were analyzed.
RESULTS
The number of hospital blood donation centers were reduced by half from 129 in 2004 to 64 in 2014. There was no blood donation center in hospitals less than 400 beds, except 2 hospitals; 23 hospital (37.1%) blood banks collected no blood components. More than 80% of hospitals were satisfied with the KRCBC service such as donor record lookup and nucleic acid amplification Test (NAT) results lookup. Hospitals with more than 1,000 beds replied that they would not take account of transferring the collection services to KRCBC because of the directed and autologous donation and unexpected emergency blood transfusion.
CONCLUSION
The government should be the subject of national blood policy and establish a committee or agency for its comprehensive and consistent execution through close cooperation with the KRCBC and hospitals.

Keyword

Korean Red Cross Center; Blood service satisfaction; Hospital blood donation center; Blood Information Sharing System

MeSH Terms

Blood Banks
Blood Donors*
Blood Transfusion
Natural Resources
Electronic Mail
Emergencies
Humans
Korea
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
Red Cross*
Tissue Donors