Inventory Management Toolkit

This comprehensive toolkit provides hospitals with resources to help Transfusion Medicine Services develop or improve upon inventory management programs. Examples of documents and tools for inventory management are included.

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Blood Component Inventory

How much is enough? How much is too much? Determining optimal stock levels of blood components is an important part of good inventory management. These levels, once set should be reviewed regularly (at least annually) to ensure they are reflective of current transfusion activity at your site. The following document can provide support to help you in this activity.

Inventory Calculator for Red Cells

A tool for hospitals to use to perform a very quick and rough estimate of what their ideal inventory may be. By entering your annual number of red cell units transfused (for the most current year), an estimate of average daily use will be calculated by the formula locked in to the table.

Inventory Calculator for Platelets

A tool to calculate the estimate of the number of platelets used, on average, daily. This is helpful for sites that find it useful to hold platelet inventory on site and estimate the number of platelet doses to keep on hand. Platelet usage can vary quite a bit, therefore, this tool is only constructed to provide a starting point or to validate existing stock inventory levels.

Blood Inventory Management Best Practices 2008