Standards for Emergency Prehospital and Scheduled Out-of-Hospital Transfusions, 1st edition – Print

The 1st edition of Standards for Emergency Prehospital and Scheduled Out-of-Hospital Transfusions (EPSOHT Standards) incorporates new prehospital concepts while updating the standards that previously appeared as the 1st edition of Standards for Out-of-Hospital Transfusion Administration Services, released by AABB in 2018.

The EPSOHT Standards will maintain and enhance the quality and safety of services provided by prehospital transfusion services (EMS services) and out-of-hospital transfusion services (infusion centers, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, hospice or home care settings).

This 1st edition becomes effective July 1, 2025 and will have a 2-year effective period. Significant changes in this edition include:

• Chapter 5, Process Control, has been split into two sections, one for prehospital activities, and one for out-of-hospital activities. All standards in Chapters 1-4 and 6-10 and 5.0 – 5.1.9.3 5 apply to both settings.
• New Standard 5.4.4 ensures that out-of-hospital programs have two determinations of the recipient’s ABO group.
• New Standard 5.8.2.1 requires that programs performing out-of-hospital activities ensure that patients maintain their patient identification attached through the transfusion.
• New Standard 5.12 (et seq) focuses on the administration of blood in the prehospital setting.
• New Standard 5.13 (et seq) focuses on requirements for the use of uncrossmatched blood in the prehospital setting.

PRINT EDITION: AABB, 2025, 94 pages, ISBN 978-1-56395-520-4
Product Code: 253248
Member Price: $130
Nonmember Price: $158

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