Abstract:Background: The global scarcity of blood with imbalanced level of safety is not an exception in Tanzania. This necessitates rational use of blood components to optimise the usage of the available blood components to save lives while instituting safety measures to ensure that blood transfusion is safe. This audit aimed to determine current hospital practices about the appropriateness of transfusions of red cells, platelet and fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) in referral hospitals.Methods: This was a retrospective cros… Show more
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