Blood Donation;

Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude andpractices of students regarding blood transfusion in a medical institute. Settings: Azra NaheedMedical College Raiwind road Lahore. Study Design: Descriptive, cross sectional study. StudyPeriod: May and June, 2015. Methods: After the approval of the ethical institutional reviewcommittee, 168 students of 4th year MBBS and 6th semester DPT were included in this study.The data was collected on a structured questionnaire. This data was entered in the version 16of SPSS and analyzed by the use of statistical tools. Results: Out of the total 168 participants,90 (53.6 %) were the students of MBBS, whereas 78 (46.4 %) were the students of DPT. The ageof the respondents ranges between 19 to 28 years. 81 (48-2 %) were male students whereas87 (51.8 %) were females. The results represent that the medical students are having a goodknowledge regarding blood donation but a clear majority of the respondents (63.7 %) havenever donated blood. However a vast majority (78 %) of the participants responded to donateblood in near future. Conclusion: .The blood donation and transfusion is a safe procedure,but it may affect the health of recipient if the necessary measures are not observed. This studyreflects that medical students have good knowledge about blood donation and are willingto donate in near future. A campaign for awareness and motivation regarding voluntary andunpaid blood donation can help to achieve the target of WHO for safe blood transfusion.

Evaluación estadística relacionada con la donación de sangre a nivel mundial

“…Aún cuando los procedimientos de transfusiones sanguíneas son comunes como alternativa terapéutica y se consideran procesos sencillos, también implican algunos riesgos para los pacientes 3 ; esto hace que sea necesario que una vez recolectada, se realicen pruebas en la sangre para determinar o detectar riesgos o elementos que pueden transmitir enfermedades del donante al receptor, entre ellas anticuerpos de VIH 1 y 2, hepatitis C, antígenos de superficie para hepatitis B, serología para sífilis, entre otros 4 . Se infiere que cada año se practican en el mundo entero 234 millones de cirugías complejas que requieren de transfusiones de sangre para los pacientes 5,6 .…”