Transfusion in the WHO African Region

Loua, André; Nikiema, Jean‐Baptiste; Sougou, Aissatou; Kasilo, O.J.M.

doi:10.1016/j.tracli.2019.06.191

Cited by 17 publications

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“…All the 18 blood banks enrolled in 2018 were hospitalbased, and these findings corroborate the data from WHO Africa Region that reported a 91% (2434/2678) blood centres as hospital-based in 2018 [19]. Most of the 18 blood banks belong to third category hospitals.…”

Section: Blood Bank Description and Pre-donation Practicesupporting

confidence: 83%

“…The staff size varies from 3 to 21 with a means of 7Á05 (1Á4-12Á7), and this small staff size was previously reported at Yaounde Military Hospital where 12 staff were found [19] and also low in comparison to the mean of 18Á43 (9-41) obtained in Egypt among seven hospitalbased blood banks [20]. The limited staff size observed in this study is mainly explained by the low human resource in the health sector within the country where the density of 1Á3 per 1000 of health personnel to population was reported [21].…”

Section: Blood Bank Description and Pre-donation Practicementioning

confidence: 75%

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Strategies used in Cameroon blood banks for HIV screening

Geukeng

Njunda

Nsagha

et al. 2021

ISBT Science Series

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study showed that 12/18 blood banks had Hospital Blood Transfusion Hemovigelance Committee, while guidelines were available in 15/18 centres. According to testing algorithms, 22Á2% used one RDT, 27Á8% used two RDTs, 33Á3% used one RDT combined with Ag/A EIA or CLIA (chemiluminescent immunoassay) and 16Á7% used two RDT combined with Ag/Ab EIA/CLIA. Concerning testing kits, a total of 13 different kits were found among which 69Á2% were WHO-prequalified. A good level of compliance with the NBTP guideline was observed in 1/18. ConclusionThis study revealed a diversity of practice in HIV screening for blood transfusion in Cameroon. As fewer blood banks meet the required standards, these findings should serve as the footprint for the National Blood Transfusion Programme in implementing corrective actions nationwide.

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Section: Blood Bank Description and Pre-donation Practicesupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Blood Bank Description and Pre-donation Practicementioning

confidence: 75%

Strategies used in Cameroon blood banks for HIV screening

Geukeng

Njunda

Nsagha

et al. 2021

ISBT Science Series

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“…Donated blood is very important for pregnant women during bleeding and childbirth, in the young age group suffering from severe anemia secondary to malaria and malnutrition, and in case of trauma, emergencies, accidents, and advanced surgical procedures like cardiovascular surgery and transplantation. 2 …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 Donated blood is very important for pregnant women during bleeding and childbirth, in the young age group suffering from severe anemia secondary to malaria and malnutrition, and in case of trauma, emergencies, accidents, and advanced surgical procedures like cardiovascular surgery and transplantation. 2 World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that; by 2020 countries achieve 100% anonymous nonpaid voluntary blood donation, focusing on young people. This is because young people are healthy, active, selfmotivated, and open, and constitute a greater proportion of the population.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blood Donation and Associated Factors Among Employees Working at Negele Arsi General Hospital and Medical College, Southeast Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study

Yirgu¹,

Mohammed²,

Diriba

et al. 2021

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Background Blood is a specialized body fluid in humans. Securing voluntary, nonpaid blood donation is an important national goal to prevent blood shortages. The donated blood plays a big role during surgery, accidents, delivery, bleeding cases, and the like. Currently, in many developing and developed countries, the blood supply is critically insufficient. Hence, the aim of this study was to assess the practice of blood donation and associated factors among employees (clinical and nonclinical) at Negele Arsi General Hospital and Medical College. Methods A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from August 1 to 20, 2020. Self-administered and interview-administered questionnaires were used to collect the data. A stratified sampling method was employed to select 122 participants. Data were entered into EpiData 3.1 software and the analysis was done using SPSS version 25. Bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression analysis with 95%CI was carried out. Results Among 122 employees who participated in the study, 39% have ever donated blood. Clinical staff were eight times more likely to donate blood compared to nonclinical staff (AOR=7.81, 95%CI: 2.15–28.39). Those who had one to five years work experience were 85% (AOR=0.15, 95% CI:0.03-0.74) less likely to donate blood compared to > 11 years of work experience.Those with inadequate knowledge were 71.0% (AOR=0.29, 95%CI: 0.09–0.89) less likely to donate blood compared to those with adequate knowledge. Those with an unfavorable attitude were 68.0% (AOR=0.32, 95%CI: 0.11–0.92) less likely to donate blood compared to those with a favorable attitude. Conclusion Generally, blood donation practice was low in the study area. The professional category, work experience, knowledge, and attitude were significantly associated with the practice of blood donation. Therefore, a blood donation campaign should be prepared to strengthen the practice.

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“…The Ethiopian national blood bank aims to collect 3000 units of blood per day to ensure a safe and sufficient blood supply in the health care system. [5][6][7] University students are young and educated so that they are considered safer blood donors to satisfy the need for blood by national and regional blood banks of the country since the residual risk of transfusion-transmissible infections is assumed to be lower in this population. [8][9][10] Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM) is the behavioral model which is an extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%