Person—units of blood transfused, total N[NNN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Total blood units transfused |
| METEOR identifier: | 344798 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| Value Domain: | Total blood units N[NNN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Total | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N[NNN] | |
| Maximum character length: | 4 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Supplementary values: | 9999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | 1 blood unit (or one bag of blood) = approx 500ml of blood |
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Data element attributes | |
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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Relational attributes | |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) NBPDS 2013- Health, Standard 02/05/2013 |