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. 2007 Dec 6;22(1):1–34. doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2007.09.001

Table 2.

Incremental Cost (US dollars) of Technologies Designed to Improve Transfusion Safety

Adverse event Technology solution Incremental cost/U
IBCT or ABO mistransfusion PPI technologies (bar coding, RFID), check-type (second sample) policies <$20
Acute or delayed alloimmune hemolytic transfusion reactions Database unification, definitive genotyping <$10
TRALI HLA antibody screening <$2
Transfusion-transmitted infection, bacterial or viral Pathogen reduction technology >$100

Abbreviations: IBCT, incorrect blood component transfused; PPI, positive patient identification; RFID, radiofrequency identification; TRALI, transfusion-related acute lung injury; HLA, human leukocyte antigen.