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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2010 Dec;50(12):2738–2744. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02748.x

Table 3. TACO incidence by blood component pre- and post-implementation of universal leukoreduction.

Pre–universal
leukoreduction
TACO (n;
incidence)
1993-1999
Post–universal
leukoreduction
TACO (n;
incidence)
2001-2007
Odds Ratio
Post-/Pre-ULR
(95% confidence
interval)
Net Change In
Incidence
Cryoprecipitate
(Cryo)
1 of 19,152
(5.2)*
0 of 18,870 (0) 0.33 (0.01 – 8.1) −100%
Fresh Frozen
Plasma (FFP)
2 of 56,201
(3.6)*
6 of 87,744
(6.8)*
1.9 (0.39 - 9.5) +89%
Red Cells (RBC) 19 of 147,789
(12.8)*
9 of 173,244
(5.2*)
0.40 (0.18 – 0.89) −59%
Platelets 5 of 139,642
(3.6*)
1 of 135,917
(0.74*)
0.21 (0.02 –1.8) −79%
Total Cryo/FFP 3 of 75,353
(4.0)*
6 of 106,614
(5.6)*
1.4 (0.35 – 5.7) +40%
Total
RBC/Platelets
24 of 287,431
(8.4)*
10 of 309,161
(3.2)*
0.39 (0.19 – 0.81) −62%
*

Rate per 100,000 components transfused