Percentage of adult patients with a post transfusion hemoglobin or hematocrit value greater than or equal to 10 g/dL or 30%.

The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) recommends a transfusion threshold of hemoglobin concentration less than or equal to 8 g/dL or when patient is symptomatic (chest pain, orthostatic hypotension, tachycardia unresponsive to fluid resuscitation, or congestive heart failure).^1,2 Furthermore, blood transfusions in non-cardiac surgery have been associated with increased risk of 30-day mortality and morbidity.^3,4

Although the literature is not conclusive on the exact hemoglobin concentration that requires transfusion, the evidence is clear that use of fewer RBC transfusions reduces cost and risk for adverse effects of transfusion, and that transfusion to  hemoglobin value greater than 10 g/dL or hematocrit greater than 30 is almost always not indicated.⁵ TRAN 02 is an outcome measure examining the number of patients who may have received more blood than necessary.  

90 minutes before the last intraoperative transfusion to 18 hours after Anesthesia End.

Adult patients requiring anesthesia who receive a transfusion.

• Age <18 years
• ASA 5 & 6 including Organ Procurement (CPT: 01990)
• Cesarean Delivery Cases (determined by Obstetric Anesthesia Type value codes: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8) with an EBL > 1500cc or the HR>110, SBP<85, DBP<45, or O2Sat <95%
• Massive Blood loss with EBL > 2000 mL
• Massive Transfusion of 4 or more units of blood from 4 hours before Anesthesia Start to Anesthesia End
  • Note: for sites that document transfusions in mL instead of units: ASPIRE will default to 300mL/unit
• No intraoperative transfusion
• Postpartum hemorrhage cases (ICD-10 code: 072.0, 072.1, 072.2, 072.3)
• Procedures:
  • Burn cases (CPT codes 01951, 01952, 01953)
  • Labor epidurals (determined by the Obstetric Anesthesia Type value codes: 3 & 6 including obstetric non-operative procedures – CPT: 01958)

• Hematocrit value documented as less than or equal to 30% and/or hemoglobin value documented as less than or equal 10 g/dL     OR
• No hematocrit or hemoglobin checked within 18 hours of Anesthesia End.

• All hemoglobin/hematocrit lab values drawn after the last transfusion and within 18 hours after anesthesia end will be evaluated. If the lowest of these values is ≤10g/dL or ≤30%, the case will pass.
• If the hemoglobin or hematocrit at the time of the last transfusion (within 90 minutes before) is less than or equal to 8/24, the case will pass.

• Transfusion is defined as:
  • Packed Red Blood Cells - Autologous, Homologous, Unknown Type
  • Whole Blood - Homologous, Unknown Type                          
  • Categorized Note - Blood Products
• For Cardiac Cases (determined by Procedure Type: Cardiac value codes >0) Only: 
  • Autologous units (ID: 10489) are not considered. If autologous units are given in addition to other PRBC units, hemoglobin or hematocrit will be assessed after the last non-autologous transfusion.
  • If only autologous units are administered, the case will be excluded.
• Hemoglobin values reported in g/L are divided by 10 to convert to g/dL.
• Hematocrit values < 1 reported in L/L (liters of blood cells per liter of blood volume) are multiplied by 100

*This measure will include only valid MPOG cases as defined by the Is Valid Case phenotype.

Pending

Provider(s) who administered blood product

1. Carson JL, Grossman BJ, Kleinman S, et al. Red blood cell transfusion: a clinical practice guideline from the AABB*. Annals of internal medicine. 2012;157(1):49-58.
2. Carson JL, Guyatt G, Heddle NM, et al. Clinical Practice Guidelines From the AABB: Red Blood Cell Transfusion Thresholds and Storage. Jama. 2016;316(19):2025-2035.
3. Glance LG, Dick AW, Mukamel DB, et al. Association between intraoperative blood transfusion and mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology. 2011;114(2):283-292.
4. Napolitano LM, Kurek S, Luchette FA, et al. Clinical practice guideline: red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care. The Journal of trauma. 2009;67(6):1439-1442.
5. Practice guidelines for perioperative blood management: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Blood Management*. Anesthesiology. 2015;122(2):241-275.