National O ffice
71 Great South Road
Epsom, Auckland
Private Bag 92-071
AUCKLAND 1142
New Zealand
31 March 2021
Telephone: 09 523 5752
Alistair JL
C/o Email: fyi.org.nz website
By Email:fyi.org.nz.website
Dear Alistair
Re Your Enquiry: Use of Blood Products
Your request re use of blood products has been transferred to the New Zealand Blood
Service (NZBS) by Auckland District Health Board.
To the four questions you posed, NZBS would advise as follows:
Question 1: point of donation and blood product categories relevant at the point of use.
The table below sets out that detail in a format we trust you find useful.
Standard “off the shelf”
Components by special
Starting Donation
Who wil use this product
components
request
Neonates / infants on bypass
Whole Blood
Emergency Blood in Westpac
helicopter
Whole Blood Plasma
Neonates for exchange transfusion
Reduced
Mainly used by adults e.g. bleeding,
Resuspended Red Cells
anaemia
Resuspended Red Cells
Neonates needing top up
Neonatal
transfusion
Whole Blood
Generally used by adults e.g.
Platelet pools (from buffy
bleeding in surgery, haematology-
coats)
oncology
Not for clinical use – sent to the
Plasma
fractionator
Washed red cells
IgA deficient patients
Thawed cryopreserved red
Patients with very rare blood types
cells
Red Cells for Intra Uterine
Foetus
Transfusion (IUT)
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Standard “off the shelf”
Components by special
Starting Donation
Who wil use this product
components
request
Platelets in Platelet
Mainly used by adults e.g. bleeding
Additive solution
in surgery, haematology-oncology
Platelets Neonatal
Neonates
Mainly for Autologous use for
Apheresis Platelets
Cryopreserved platelets
haematology patients
Concentrated platelets for
Foetus
IUT
Washed platelets
IgA deficient patients
Adult use, traumatic haemorrhage,
Fresh frozen plasma
burns
Apheresis plasma
Fresh frozen plasma
Neonates
neonatal
Cryoprecipitate
Traumatic haemorrhage
All of the above components set out in this table are classified as fresh blood products.
Question 2: Auckland region blood product usage between 1 January 2020 to 31 December
2020.
NZBS has interpreted this question as being usage of all fresh blood products within the
Auckland region as covered by the Waitemata, Auckland and Counties Manukau District
Health Boards for the nominated 12 month period. The information provided below is based
on that understanding.
District Health Board
Fresh Product Issues
Waitemata
8,681
Auckland
29,828
Counties Manukau
12,333
Laboratory Use
112
Auckland Region
50,954
Question 3: as per question 2 but by each DHB and any use outside the public hospital
system.
For the 12 months to 31 December 2020 fresh blood product usage total 50,954 units with
the Auckland region. The above table provides the usage by DHB as requested. As regards
usage outside the public hospital system NZBS can confirm 638 units (7.35%) of the
Auckland DHB total were issued to private hospitals. NZBS is able to confirm this figure as it
manages the Auckland city hospital blood bank.
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As NZBS does not manage either the Waitemata or Counties Manukau blood banks the
level of private hospital usage cannot be provided by NZBS. NZBS can confirm the usage
figures provided for those DHBs would include such usage.
Question 4: How many units of Blood Product were used by each department of Middlemore
hospital over the same 12 month period.
The table below provides the level of detail requested.
Counties Manukau District Health Board
Ward Description
Grand Total
Ward Description
Grand Total
2nd Floor Manukau Surgery Centre
17
Paediatric Surgical Care
13
Admitting/Discharge Unit
7
Papakura Hospital
3
Antenatal Clinic
1
Plastic Clinic
1
Assessment Labour
200
Pre Admit Renal
6
Baby Birthing Unit
23
Pre Admit Surgical
29
Birthing Unit
292
Preadmit Gynae C Floor
3
Blood Bank MM
-
Pukekohe Hospital
46
Coronary Care S. D. Unit
10
Renal Satellite Unit - MSC
40
Coronary Care Unit
26
South Auckland Hospice
20
Day Stay Surgery
17
Theatre
413
Dialysis Unit - Amc
789
Ward 1
462
Dialysis Unit (CAPD)
8
Ward 10
335
Diaverum Dialysis Clinic Mangere
12
Ward 11
190
Discharge Lounge
5
Ward 17
74
Emergency Care
2,
726
Ward 2
364
Emergency Care Resus Mm
15
Ward 21
58
French/Mcauslan Reg OOPC
1
Ward 23
4
Galbraith Infusion Centre
185
Ward 24
21
Gastro. O.P.
4
Ward 31
20
General Medicine
3
Ward 32
307
Gynae Care Unit
161
Ward 33 East Edmund Hilary Block
154
Gynae Op Superclinic
3
Ward 33N - EHB
181
Haematology Lab Mmh
2
Ward 34E - EHB
160
Haematology O.P.
1,
655
Ward 34N - EHB
169
High Dependency Unit
156
Ward 35
83
Manakau Superclinic Stock
1
Ward 4 / AMC
23
Manuaku Superclinic 1
4
Ward 5
27
Maternity Ward
135
Ward 6
180
Middlemore Hospital
20
Ward 7
182
MMH Intensive Care Unit
680
Ward 8
179
MSC Outpatients
89
Ward 9
204
National Burns Unit
82
Destruction Centre
605
Neonatal Unit
119
Ormiston Rd Hospital
52
No Location
6
South Auckland Hospice
12
Oncology Clinic
44
Movement in Blood Bank Stock Holding
210
Paediatric Medical Care
5
Usage - 1 /01/2020 to 31/12/2020
12,
333
Yours sincerely,
Sam Cliffe
Chief Executive
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