Nasocomial Anemia with Related Diagnosing and Treatment

Blood tests are on. surgical wards as an evaluative tool for the diagnosis of health problems, the selection of appropriate treatment and care modalities, and for follow-up of the response to treatment. If too many blood samples are taken during the recovery period, the patient's hemoglobin level may fall, resulting in a condition known in the literature as nosocomial anemia. Nasocomial anemia is a condition that occurs in the health care setting as a results of diagnosis and treatment-related procedures. It is defined as a decrease in the quality of hemoglobin or in the number of circulating erythrocytes. In addition to the other independent patient care functions, the nurse who performs bloods sampling plays an important role in reducing the incidence of nasocomial anemia. She needs to know the minimum amount of blood necessary for each test, and that the blood witdrawn from an arterial line should not be discarded. Knowing the proper way to send specimens to the laboratory and having a system for recording of results are also important. This study was planned with the purpose of determining the frequency of blood samples taken from patients in surgical wards, the amount of blood taken in each specimen, and the methods used to obtain the blood specimen. The amount of blood loss would then be determined and the patient evaluated for the development of nasocomial anemia. The universe for the study was the surgical wards of Istanbul University Hospital; 50 patients were included in the study. A survey form developed by the researchers was used to collect and record demographic information on the patients, their health history, and'.Jheir blood test results upon admission.Variables such as the frequency of postoperative blood sampling, the amount of blood collected, and the method of blood-drawing were examined. The daily mean blood loss for patient in a surgical was 16.4 m/day for blood tests. It has been found our statistically significant decreased values at hemoglobin and hematocrit ir.i the pre and post operative period.