Costing of production and maintenance of blood products in the Blood Bank of a tertiary care hospital in South India

  • Dr.Isaac Raj Songa, Dr.Rajesh Kamath Dr.Charan Tej koyi , Dr.Keerthi Kakinada, Dr.Sagarika Kamath

Abstract

Background: Blood component preparation is advantageous concerning the effective availability of different blood products to the patients and a reduction in transfusion-transmitted infections (TTI). The process of blood component separation increases the accessibility of blood products, but also leads to an increase in the costs of manpower, processing, holding and wastage in the department. Costing is essential for planning, organizing, controlling and leading, to make appropriate decisions in the hospitals and is considered to be the significant factor in managing financial analysis. Study Design and Methods: An observational study is conducted in the blood bank of 350 bedded tertiary care corporate hospital to evaluate the cost for production and maintenance of blood products. Different cost elements were considered such as rent, labour, depreciation, maintenance, general, pharmacy, diagnostic and electricity consumables. Results: It is observed that the total average cost incurred per month on an average to process 294 blood bags is Rs.7,83,757.6 and the total cost incurred for processing one blood bag is Rs.2,665.84. The cost to produce and maintain each component of blood was calculated to be Rs.666.46. Conclusion: The study revealed the cost of manpower comprises the maximum portion of the total average cost incurred to produce and maintain 1 unit of the blood component. There is a necessity for the administrators of the hospital to establish strategies in order to enhance the effective and efficient utilization of human resource so that cost incurred to produce and maintain 1 unit of blood component can be minimized.

Published
2020-04-30
How to Cite
Dr.Isaac Raj Songa, Dr.Rajesh Kamath Dr.Charan Tej koyi , Dr.Keerthi Kakinada, Dr.Sagarika Kamath. (2020). Costing of production and maintenance of blood products in the Blood Bank of a tertiary care hospital in South India. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(8s), 3907 - 3919. Retrieved from http://sersc.org/journals/index.php/IJAST/article/view/19082