Current Practice in FFP Preparation and Use in Greece: A National Survey
Aspasia ArgyrouSerena ValsamiAbraham PouliakisMaria GavalakiAntonis AggelidisVasiliki VoulgaridouVasiliki PliatsikaTheofanis AdraktasAndreas PapachronisChrysoula AlepiVasiliki GiannopoulouPanagiotis SiourounisSofia TsagiaGeorges MartinisEftihia KontekakiEleftheria ZervouSpiridon KoliofotisElias KyriakouAthina MougiouLempousi DimitraAfrodite ChairopoulouAggeliki TsakaniaMaria BakaIoanna ApostolidouDimitra MoschandreouAnastasia LivadaMarianna PolitouFragoula RoussinouChristina PappaVasiliki KoikaNiki VgontzaAnthippi GafouIoanna DendrinouFotini SakellaridiLampothea LabrianouZafeiria AlexandropoulouVasiliki SochaliKostas MalekasAreti SkordilakiGeorgia KakavaKonstantinos LebesopoulosKonstantinos StamoulisElisavet GrouziPublished in: Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology (2020)
This is the first national survey regarding FFP production and transfusion in Greece. Staff of internal medicine, general surgery, and ICU departments, where most FFP-transfused patients are hospitalized, should be regularly involved in training on contemporary transfusion guidelines. Upcoming centralization of FFP production and inventory management could help in homogenizing practices regarding FFP use and improve product quality. Strengthening the use of pharmaceutic hemostatic agents could improve patients’ management.