| Improving supply of safe blood and reducing cost of transfusion service through haemovigilance. | |
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PMID: 20037617 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Availability of safe blood remains a major challenge for many developing countries. Unnecessary discontinuation of scarce blood is a major conduit of wastage of scarce blood, as well as man hours and funds. Haemovigilance is a national system of surveillance and alarm, from blood collection to the follow-up of the recipients, gathering and analysing all untoward effects of blood transfusion in order to correct their cause and prevent recurrence. A prospective study to audit discontinuation of blood transfusion at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Ile-Ife over a period of one and half years was done. Simple febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reaction (FNHTR) was the leading indication for such discontinuation (66.7%). More than half of discontinued transfusion due to FNHTR (58%) was successfully completed on review by trained personnel in transfusion medicine. A system of haemovigilance if incorporated into the blood transfusion service will promote effective monitoring of blood transfusion and reduce wastage of scarce blood/blood products. |
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Authors:
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O P Arewa |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Nigerian postgraduate medical journal Volume: 16 ISSN: 1117-1936 ISO Abbreviation: Niger Postgrad Med J Publication Date: 2009 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-12-28 Completed Date: 2010-06-15 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9613595 Medline TA: Niger Postgrad Med J Country: Nigeria |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 236-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Haematology and Blood transfusion Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. |
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Blood Banks
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standards* Blood Transfusion / adverse effects*, economics, standards Fever / epidemiology Hospitals, Teaching Humans Medical Audit / economics* Nigeria / epidemiology Prospective Studies Quality Assurance, Health Care / organization & administration* Questionnaires |
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