The first documented transfusion of blood in humans occurred in 1667, but it was not until almost 300 years later that transfusion become a therapeutic practicality.1 Landsteiner’s landmark discovery in the early 1900s of blood groups and agglutinating antibodies was the key that unlocked this therapeutic pathway. The development of anticoagulants, blood preservatives, and sterile collection se...

INTRODUCTION Pediatric emergency has been considered as a high risk area, and blood transfusion is known as a unique clinical measure, therefore this study was conducted with the purpose of assessing the proactive risk assessment of blood transfusion process in Pediatric Emergency of Qaem education- treatment center in Mashhad, by the Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (HFMEA) methodo...

background: red blood cell and other blood products play a crucial role in management of different disease processes, but in spite of implementation of crucial steps to improve the process of request for blood and blood consumption, there is still not enough information available regarding the proper practice in many medical centres. we aimed to evaluate the status of blood product requests and...

Haemovigilance is a system with standard program to cover the entire transfusion chain, monitor, evaluate and analyse the data to improve patients’ safety. We report the implemented haemovigilance system in hospitals and transfusion reactions (TR) in Iran. Methods and Materials: This was a prospective descriptive study. The national reporting system for transfusion incidents was introduced in ...

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the ability of Vision Pro® system on white blood cell differentials in acute leukemia patients at Hematology and Blood Transfusion Center - Bach Mai Hospital from January 2023 March 2023. Subjects methods: Cross sectional retrospective research 43 samples with blasts Hospital. Results conclusion: The blast detection was 81.4%. percentage similarity rat...

DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20110061 Transfusion reactions are complications of blood component transfusions and may be a risk to patients. The risks range from mild urticariform reactions to fatal reactions if not recognized and dealt with promptly. Moreover, with the improvement of serological techniques over the last decades, surveillance of acute reactions has become more and more important as t...

HYPOTHESIS Blood components undergo changes during storage that may affect the recipient, including the release of bioactive agents, with significant immune consequences. We hypothesized that transfusion of old blood increases infection risk in severely injured patients. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Urban level I regional trauma center. PATIENTS Sixty-one trauma patients with ...