despite importance of blood transfusion services as life saving procedures, some countries are unable to meet their national requirements for blood and blood components in a timely manner. since establishment of iran blood transfusion organization (ibto) in 1974 as an integral part of national health system, iran has experienced a drastic improvement both in availability and safety of blood and...

transfusion of blood and its components/derivatives is a life saving medical intervention. however, this life saving procedure depends mainly on the availability of sufficient blood and its components in national health sector. therefore the overall safety of transfusion medicines including the safety of blood and its available components and the appropriate use of these components would direct...

background: safety of blood products and plasma derivates is one of main concerns in transfusion sector. screening of donated blood became an emerging item to large extent because of hepatitis c and b virus, (hcv, hbv) and hiv epidemics especially in blood donation campaign following disasters. in this study we aim to evaluate the pattern of variation of viral infection markers donated at three...

background: blood transfusion plays a great role in public health and the blood safety still has remained a main concern. hbv has been considered as one of the most prevalent blood borne infections. it is estimated that chronic hbv affects 350-400 million people worldwide. comprehensive knowledge about hbv has high importance in iran due to high number of blood dependent patients. material 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 j...

conclusions the overall score of nursing care as regards adherence to the neonatal hemovigilance guidelines was 59.6% in the present study, indicating a lack of care and failure in training in this regard. results the rates of compliance with the hemovigilance guidelines in terms of request, transfusion, and documentation were 47%, 63.2%, and 68%, correspondingly, with a total score of 59.6% in...

Transfusion of blood and its components/derivatives is a life saving medical intervention. However, this life saving procedure depends mainly on the availability of sufficient blood and its components in national health sector. Therefore the overall safety of transfusion medicines including the safety of blood and its available components and the appropriate use of these components would dir...

Since blood is a biologic product, it is unlikely that the risk for transfusion-transmitted infection will ever be reduced to zero. The approach to emerging infections associated with transfusion of blood and blood products includes assessing the transmissibility of the agent by this route; developing effective prevention strategies, including screening tests and donor deferral policies; improv...