[Personnel need for preoperative establishment of autologous blood preservation compared with allogenic blood preservation].

Based on the CAP-Laboratory Workload Recording Method, we compare staffing needs for our preoperative autogenous blood deposit program (PAB) with those for routine allogeneic blood donation (ABD) in our hospital-based community blood center. For the preparation of 1,000 ABD-units, we need 0.17 clerical, 0.34 nursing, 0.47 technologist and 0.27 medical staff full time equivalents (FTE) compared to 0.17/0.71/1.23 and 0.36 FTE, respectively, for 1,000 PAB containing one unit from each donor-patient. For 1,000 PAB containing 4 units from each donor-patient, we require 0.68/2.84/3.96 and 1.38 clerical/nursing/technologist and medical staff, respectively.