Abstract: Objective To explore the effective management of blood bag recycling and improve the awareness of the importance of blood bag recycling in blood transfusion departments. Methods The clinical use of blood and blood bag recycling rate were calculated within 24h in the hospital from April to September 2017,the reasons for the low recycling rate of the blood bag were analyzed timely so as to improve the measures and sum up the experience. Results The 24h blood bag recycling rate was 78.54% in April 2017, after appropriate measures were taken,with a greatly improved situation in the later months,and clinical departments paid more attention to the implementation of blood bag recycling work.Conclusion The safety of clinical transfusion needs a participation of all related personels. The PDCA circulation method that includes planing,doing,checking,and action can continuously improve the rate of timely blood bag recycling in the security ensurance of clinical blood transfusion.

Key words: Blood bag recycling, Safe blood transfusion, PDCA circulation