BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
Parliament of Singapore · 17 February 2006 · 10th Parliament
Official Report, 17 February 2006, Vol 81, Issue 1 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
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Dr Chong Weng Chiew asked the Minister for Health what is (i) the percentage of blood used from our blood bank for elective surgeries in the last 3 years; (ii) the number and percentage of autologous blood transfusions done in the last 3 years; and (iii) the percentage of surgeries utilising autologous blood.
Mr Khaw Boon Wan: The number of units of blood transfused has increased from 64,869 in 2003 to 72,307 in 2004 and 75,919 in 2005. Elective surgeries accounted for about a third of usage: 31% in 2003, 37% in 2004 and 33% in 2005.
Autologous blood transfusion has helped to reduce the demand for homologous blood transfusion. But its contribution remains small. The number and percentage of units of autologous blood transfused in the last 3 years were 1,172 units, or 1.8% in 2003, 1,083 units or 1.5% in 2004 and 866 units or 1.1% in 2005.
The percentage of elective surgeries requiring blood in the last 3 years where autologous blood was used was 5.7% in 2003, 4.5% in 2004, and 3.8% in 2005.
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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 February 2006. Republished on SGParliament.