Person—units of blood transfused, total N[NNN]
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Total blood units transfused |
| METEOR identifier: | 344798 |
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| Definition: | The total number of units of blood that a person has received, either whole blood or packed red blood cells. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—units of blood transfused |
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| Representation class: | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||
| Format: | N[NNN] | ||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | 1 blood unit (or one bag of blood) = approx 500ml of blood | ||||||||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||||||||
| Guide for use: | Platelet transfusions or transfusions of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) should not be included in the total. | ||||||||||||
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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