Transfusion of Blood Components in Paediatric Age Groups

- Monitoring and evaluating the impact of the guideline.

The following are two performance measures or indicators for implementing this adapted CPG for Blood products transfusion in children:

1. Adherence to Blood products transfusion Guidelines

▪️ Numerator: Number of children with transfusion who received treatment as per guideline recommendations.

▪️  Denominator: Total number of children who received transfusion.

▪️   Data Source: Hospital or clinic patient records.

2.     Adherence to blood products transfusion reaction guidelines

▪️   Numerator: Number of children readmitted with symptoms of transfusion reaction within a certain period (e.g., 30 days) and managed according to the guidelines.

▪️   Denominator: Total number of children admitted with transfusion reactions.

▪️Data Source: Hospital readmission records.

These key performance indicators are designed to measure the effectiveness and adherence to the guidelines.

➡️Updating of the guideline 

The EPG Haematology GAG has decided to conduct the next review of this adapted CPG for updates after five years. This should be carried out in 2029 after checking for updates in the source CPGs, consultation of expert opinion on the changes needed for updating according to the newest evidence and recommendations published in this area and the clinical audit and feedback from implementation efforts in the aforementioned local healthcare settings except if any breakthrough evidence- based recommendations are published before that date. The process will be guided by the Checklist for the Reporting of Updated Guidelines (CheckUp) Tool that is freely provided by the AGREE Enterprise and by the Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare (RIGHT) extension for adapted guidelines RIGHT-Ad@pt Checklist.