Percepción de la utilidad de los registros dentales como método de identificación humana en profesiones de alto riesgo: el caso de las personas trabajadoras de la Cruz Roja Costarricense / Perception of the usefulness of dental records as a method of human identification in high-risk professions: the case of the Costa Rican Red Cross workers

Introducción: Aquellas personas que brindan atención en situaciones de emergencias están expuestas a un alto riesgo de sufrir lesiones o fallecer durante labores de rescate, sea en accidentes de tránsito, desastres naturales, atentados terroristas o crisis humanitarias generadas por conflictos armados. Esta investigación fue realizada en las personas trabajadoras de la Cruz Roja Costarricense (CRC) para establecer la percepción de la utilidad de los registros dentales como método de identificación y elaborar un formato único de información odontológica antemortem. Materiales y métodos: Un cuestionario piloto fue diseñado y aplicado a 10 personas para ser calibrado y validado. Posteriormente se generó un cuestionario electrónico final en la plataforma Google Forms que fue enviado vía correo electrónico institucional a las personas trabajadoras constituida por 175 individuos, de los cuales 92 respondieron en el período del 20 de noviembre de 2022 al 20 de enero de 2023. Los resultados fueron analizados mediante las distribuciones de frecuencia, cruce de variables, comparación de medias con base en el análisis de variancia. El nivel mínimo de confianza para las comparaciones fue del 95%. Resultados: El cuestionario fue realizado por 92 personas, 75% hombres y 25% mujeres. El rango de edad entre los 36 y 40 años fue el más frecuente (23.9%). El 60,9% labora en la provincia de San José, 58% indica que visitaron al odontólogo hace un año o menos y el 38,6% refiere que nunca les han tomado una radiografía panorámica, un 81,8% dice tener tratamientos dentales como coronas, puentes o implantes; y el 75% considera de gran utilidad los registros dentales como método de identificación, y lo ubican en segundo lugar de conocimiento (89,8%) al compararlo con ADN (97,7%) y dactiloscopia (86,4%). Conclusiones: Las personas trabajadoras de la Cruz Roja Costarricense consideran que los registros odontológicos son útiles en la identificación de seres humanos y cuentan con información antemortem útil para dicho efecto.

Introduction: Those who provide care in emergency situations are exposed to a high risk of injury or death during rescue work, whether in traffic accidents, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or humanitarian crises generated by armed conflicts. This research was carried out among Costa Rican Red Cross (CRC) workers to establish the perception of the usefulness of dental records as a method of identification and to develop a single format for antemortem dental information. Materials and methods: A pilot questionnaire was designed and applied to 10 persons to be calibrated and validated. Subsequently, a final electronic questionnaire was generated in the Google Forms platform and sent via institutional e-mail to 175 workers, of whom 92 responded during the period from November 20, 2022, to January 20, 2023. The results were analyzed by means of frequency distributions, crossing of variables, and comparison of means based on the analysis of variance. The minimum confidence level for comparisons was 95%. Results: The questionnaire was completed by 92 people, 75% men and 25% women. The age range between 36 and 40 years was the most frequent (23.9%). A total of 60.9% worked in the province of San José, 58% indicated that they had visited the dentist a year ago or less and 38.6% said that they had never had a panoramic X-ray taken, 81.8% said they had dental treatments such as crowns, bridges or implants; and 75% considered dental records to be very useful as a method of identification, and placed it in second place in terms of knowledge (89.8%) when compared with DNA (97.7%) and dactyloscopy (86.4%). Conclusions: Costa Rican Red Cross workers consider dental records to be useful in the identification of human beings and have useful antemortem information for this purpose.

Stakeholders' perceived achievements and challenges after the safe motherhood project in Northern Uganda

The Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) implemented the Safe Motherhood project topromote mother-friendly society in northern Uganda from 2010 to 2016. The follow-up study has not been conducted and the information on achievements and challenges after the project were limited. To review the safe motherhood project in northern Uganda, the purpose of the study was to explore the stakeholders' perceived achievements and challenges after the project. Study design was qualitative content analysis using interview guides. After the approval of Institutional Review Board Clearance, the study was started (Approval Number: 2017-034). The subjects were informed about the ethical considerations (informed consent, participation on free will, confidentiality, and anonymity) in participating in the research, and they participated after signing the consent form. Six volunteers, 2 health center staff, and 2 former Uganda Red Cross staff were interviewed. Achievements were the acquisition of knowledge, attitudes changes, behavioural changes, linkage of all stakeholders, and positive influence on Safe Motherhood in community. Challenges of sociocultural barriers, attitudes toward women, accessibility and human resources, incentives and facilities, and sustainability of the project were derived from the interview. The study revealed that the project linked all stakeholders to achieve Safe Motherhood in community and all the developed registration systems were taken over. Long-term support is necessary for Safe Motherhood to take root

Gregório Thaumaturgo de Azevedo e a enfermagem brasileira / Gregório Thaumaturgo de Azevedo and the brazilian nursing / Gregório Thaumaturgo de Azevedo y enfermería brasileña

Este estudo de abordagem em micro-história, tem delimitação temporal em 1908, quando Gregório Thaumaturgo de Azevedo foi eleito presidente da Cruz Vermelha Brasileira a 1918, sua saída da instituição. Foi realizado na hemeroteca digital da Biblioteca Nacional e foram encontradas notícias nos jornais Correio da Manhã e O Paiz que apontaram a criação da escola de enfermeiras voluntárias em 1914 e em 1916, a escola de enfermeiras práticas. A gestão do marechal coincidiu com a Primeira Guerra Mundial e a notícia do curso de padioleiros indica o interesse em formar profissionais para a guerra. As notícias também indicam a aquisição do terreno que hoje encontra-se a sede. Em 1918, durante a epidemia de gripe espanhola, foi tomada a iniciativa pioneira de abrir uma enfermaria nas dependências da instituição. Essa gestão conquistou o espaço social, político e sanitário demarcando a história, devido as suas iniciativas voltadas para profissionalização da enfermagem

This study of approach in micro-history, has temporal delimitation in 1908, when Gregório Thaumaturgo de Azevedo was elected president of Brazilian Red Cross to 1918, his departure from this institution. It was held in the digital library of the Biblioteca Nacional and news was found in the newspaper Correio da Manhã and O Paiz that pointed to the creation of the school of volunteer nurses in 1914 and in 1916, the school of pratical nurses. The marshal's administration coincided with the World War I and the news about the course of paddlers indicate the interest in training professionals for the war. The news also indicates the acquisition of the land that today is the headquarters. In 1918, during the Spanish flu epidemic, the pioneering initiative was taken to open a war on the institution ́s premises. This management conquered the social, political and sanitary space demarcating history, due to its initiatives aimed at professionalizing nursing

Este estudio de abordaje en microhistoria, tiene delimitación temporal en 1908, cuando Gregório Thaumaturgo de Azevedo fue elegido presidente de la Cruz Roja Brasileña en 1918, su salida de la institución. Se llevó a cabo en la biblioteca digital de la Biblioteca Nacional y se encontraron noticias en los periódicos Correio da Manhã y O Paiz que apuntaban a la creación de la escuela de enfermeras voluntarias en 1914 y en 1916, la escuela de enfermeras prácticas. La administración del mariscal coincidió con la Primera Guerra Mundial y la noticia sobre el rumbo de los palistas indica el interés en formar profesionales para la guerra. La noticia también indica la adquisición del terreno que hoy es la sede. En 1918, durante la epidemia de gripe española, se tomó la iniciativa pionera de abrir un pabellón en las instalaciones de la institución. Esta gestión conquistó el espacio social, político y sanitario que demarca la historia, por sus iniciativas encaminadas a la profesionalización de la enfermería

Sistema multiplataforma innovador para el control de emergencias, inventario y recurso humano de la Cruz Roja Salvadoreña: en asocio con la Cruz Roja Salvadoreña de Chinameca, San Miguel / Innovative multiplatform system for the control of emergencies, inventory and human resources of the Salvadoran Red Cross: in association with the Salvadoran Red Cross of Chinameca, San Miguel

En el presente informe, se encontrará con el estudio sobre el desarrollo de un sistema multiplataforma para el control de operaciones de emergencias, inventario y recurso humano de la Cruz Roja Salvadoreña del municipio de Chinameca, San Miguel, cuyos objetivos fueron diseñar un modelado de datos relacional con características de escalabilidad y definir procesos en el software que se acoplen a las necesidades actuales de la Cruz Roja y las solventen. Para el desarrollo de la investigación se realizó el diseño de interfaces que mejoren la experiencia de usuario en el uso de la plataforma. Finalmente se capacitó al personal en el uso de la plataforma.El diseño del modelado de datos relacional implementado en este sistema informático permite su adaptación a los cambios gracias al funcionamiento lógico del sistema, facilitando de esta manera su actualización a nuevas versiones y tecnologías sin afectar su rendimiento

In this report, the development of a multiplatform system for the control of emergency operations, inventory and human resources of the Salvadoran Red Cross of the municipality of Chinameca, San Miguel, will be explained. The objectives were to design a data modeling relational with scalability characteristics, processes and to define in the software the current needs of the Red Cross and solve them. For the development of the research, the design of interfaces that improve the user experience in the use of the platform was carried out. Finally, the personnel were trained in the use of the platform. The data modeling relational design implemented in this system allows the adaptation to changes thanks to logic system performance, making easier the updating to new versions and technologies without affecting his efficiency

Imagem pública da enfermeira: pesquisa documental (1910-1920) / Nurses' public image: documentary research (1910-1920) / Imagen pública de la enfermera: investigación documental (1910-1920)

Objetivo: examinar os estudos desenvolvidos sobre a imagem pública da enfermeira brasileira veiculada em revistas ilustradas das décadas de 1910 e 1920, no Distrito Federal brasileiro. Método: realizada pesquisa documental, mediante análise historiográfica, com ênfase em publicações do início do século XX. Resultados: ratificaram a concorrência da enunciação da imagem pública da enfermeira nas circunstâncias da I Guerra Mundial, da Gripe Espanhola e também da Reforma Sanitária, liderada por Carlos Chagas, por meio dos efeitos simbólicos dos marcadores institucionais representados pelo uso do véu, gorro e touca. A liderança que prevaleceu na enunciação da imagem pública da enfermeira foi a investida pela Escola Prática de Enfermeiras da Cruz Vermelha Brasileira. Conclusão: direciona-se para além da concorrência entre as instituições de ensino, apontando vestígios para disputas em outro campo, o das relações internacionais.

Objective: to examine studies of Brazilian nurses' public image published in illustrated magazines in the 1910s and 1920s in Brazil's Federal District. Method: documentary research was conducted by historiographic analysis, with emphasis on early 20th century publications. Results: the studies ratified the presence of competition in the enunciation of nursing's public image in the circumstances of World War I, the Spanish Flu and also the Sanitary Reform led by Carlos Chagas, through the symbolic effects of institutional markers represented by the use of the veil, nurse's cap and mob-cap. The leadership that prevailed in enunciating nurses' public image was the one invested in by the Brazilian Red Cross Nurses' Practical School. Conclusion: pointing beyond competition among educational institutions, this indicates traces of disputes in another field, international relations.

Objetivo: examinar los estudios desarrollados sobre la imagen pública de la enfermera brasileña vehiculada en revistas ilustradas de las décadas de 1910 y 1920, en el Distrito Federal brasileño. Método: se realizó una investigación documental, mediante análisis historiográfico, con énfasis en publicaciones de principios del siglo XX. Resultados: ratificaron la competencia de la enunciación de la imagen pública de la enfermera en las circunstancias de la 1a Guerra Mundial, de la Gripe Española y también de la Reforma Sanitaria, encabezada por Carlos Chagas, por medio de los efectos simbólicos de los marcadores institucionales representados por el uso del velo y gorro. El liderazgo que prevaleció en la enunciación de la imagen pública de la enfermera fue el de la Escuela Práctica de Enfermeras de la Cruz Roja Brasileña. Conclusión: se dirige más allá de la competencia entre las instituciones de enseñanza, señalando vestigios para disputas en otro campo, el de las relaciones internacionales.

Evidia Álvarez González, vida para la humanidad / Evidia Álvarez González, vida para la humanidad

Fundamento: su historia llena de amor, altruismo, valentía y humanismo, sirvió de inspiración al Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja en la creación de la Medalla Florence Nigthingale en el año 1979. Objetivo: destacar la obra humanitaria y solidaria de esta personalidad de la Enfermería cubana. Desarrollo: participa en 1961 en la Campaña de Alfabetización contribuyendo a llevar la luz del saber a todo el pueblo de Cuba. Estudia enfermería en la Escuela de Enfermeras Lidia Doce en La Habana. Brinda ayuda sanitaria a las víctimas del Ciclón Flora en el año 1963. Fue ubicada en una zona montañosa de Bayamo donde permaneció durante 22 días en una casa de campaña.Al regreso de Oriente, se sumó a las campañas de vacunación en las montañas del Escambray, vacunó contra la difteria, la tuberculosis, la polio, el tétano. Luego forjó generaciones enteras de enfermeras no sólo en esta región central de Cuba sino en otros países del mundo. En más de cinco misiones internacionalistas ha conocido penurias, horrores, también alegrías que ahora se tornan recuerdos.Participó en la guerra de Etiopía en 1977, y en Haití en el año 2001. Conclusiones: su asombrosa historia está enriquecida de nobleza, coraje, amor y entrega sin límites a la razón humanitaria de ser Enfermera(AU)

Foundation: their history full with love, altruism, courage and humanism, served from inspiration to the International Committee of the Red Cruz in the creation of the Medal Florence Nigthingale in the year 1979. Objective: to highlight the humanitarian and solidary work of this personality of the Cuban Infirmary. Development: it participates in 1961 in the Campaign of Literacy contributing to take the light from the knowledge to the whole town of Cuba. He/she studies infirmary in the School of Nurses Lidia Twelve in Havana. It offers sanitary help to the victims of the Hurricane Flora in the year 1963. It was located in a mountainous area of Bayamo where it remained during 22 days in a house of campaña.Al return of East, it was added to the vaccination campaigns in the mountains of the Escambray, it vaccinated against the diphtheria, the tuberculosis, the polio, the tetanus. Then it not only forged nurses' whole generations in this central region of Cuba but in other countries of the world. In more than five missions internacionalistas he/she has known penuries, horrors, also happiness that now you tornan recuerdos.Participó in the war of Ethiopia in 1977, and in Haiti in the year 2001. Conclusions: their astonishing history is enriched of nobility, anger, love and he/she surrenders without limits to the humanitarian reason of being a Nurse(AU)

Experiences of Blood Bank Performance in Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital / 대한수혈학회지

Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital (BAACH) is one of the US military General Hospitals in Korea that have blood services. The author of this paper is a civilian employee who has been working in the blood bank for 37 years. Through this experience, a difference between BAACH and the Korean Medical Center has been observed. First, BAACH performs a blood culture for the sterility test upon the receipt of platelets from the Korean Red Cross, and measures the pH at the end of allowable storage. Second, some military facilities use the Frozen Blood Program as the storage/thawing system of Deglycerolized Red Blood Cells (DRBC) and the use of DRBC. Third, most military facilities have a continuous training education program for those working in the blood bank provided by the Armed Service Blood Program.

La Cruz Roja, el panamericanismo y la salud en el período de entreguerras / The Red Cross, Pan-Americanism and health in the inter-war period

RESUMEN La Cruz Roja, organismo internacional originalmente organizado en Europa, provocó la formación de sociedades nacionales en distintos países latinoamericanos bajo los principios humanitarios y neutrales relacionados con el tratamiento de prisioneros en épocas de conflictos bélicos. Luego de la Primera Guerra Mundial y bajo la influencia estadounidense, se impulsaron la Liga de las Sociedades de la Cruz Roja para el diseño y aplicación de acciones sanitarias y sociales en tiempos de paz. A partir de ese impulso, en la década de 1920 y 1930, se realizaron congresos panamericanos en Buenos Aires, Washington y Río de Janeiro que dispusieron una agenda coincidente con los principios de esta organización internacional que, a su vez, permitieron unificar las élites, los organismos estatales y privados de diferentes ámbitos en pos de la intervención sobre diferentes sectores sociales.

ABSTRACT The Red Cross, an international organization originally founded in Europe, promoted in different Latin American countries the formation of national societies under the humanitarian and neutral principles in relation to the treatment of prisoners in times of armed conflicts. After the First World War and under the influence of the United States, the League of the Red Cross Societies was fostered to design and apply sanitary and social actions in times of peace. Based on that boost, different Pan-American Congresses were held in the twenties and thirties in Buenos Aires, Washington and Rio de Janeiro, which had an agenda that coincided with the principles of this international organization and, at the same time, allowed the elites and the state and private organisms of different fields to unify in pursuit of intervening in different social sectors.

Analysis of Reentry Test for the Donors Showing Reactivity or Grey Zone in a HBV Surface Antigen Assay by a Chemiluminescent Immunoassay / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: If donors who were deferred due to the reactivity or grey zone in HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) assay want to donate blood again, they need to pass reentry tests. On the other hand, approximately half of the donors who are subject to the reentry tests cannot be reentered. This study examined the association between the sample to cutoff (S/Co) value of the HBsAg assay and the final results of the reentry test. METHODS: This study analyzed the S/Co values of the HBsAg assay and the final results of the reentry tests for the 3,947 donors from January 2008 to December 2017 using the database of Blood Information Management System of the Korean Red Cross. RESULTS: 1,767 donors (44.8%) were not reentered among 3,947 deferred donors. Among 1,585 donors showing ≥10 of the S/Co value in the HBsAg screening test, 1,542 donors (97.3%) were not reentered. The additional reentry tests were performed on 120 donors who were not reentered in the first reentry test; 98 donors (81.7%) were still not reentered. Overall, 4.6% of the donors showing a grey zone in the HBsAg assay were not reentered. CONCLUSION: The reentry test needs to be restricted for the deferred donors showing a more than 10 S/Co value. The application of the grey zone of current HBsAg assay will need to be continued to enhance the HBV-related blood safety.

Korean Red Cross Hospital (1905–1907): Focused on its Establishment, Management and Abolition / 의사학

The Korean Empire, its state sovereignty threatened by the Empire of Japan, joined the Geneva Conventions in 1903 for the purpose of neutral diplomacy and established the imperial Korean Red Cross Hospital in 1905. This hospital was a result of the effort of the Korean Empire to seek a new medical system based on the Western medicine. However, after the Russo-Japanese War, Japan interfered straightforwardly in the domestic affairs of Korea and eventually abolished the Korean Red Cross Hospital in 1907 to create Daehan Hospital under Japanese colonial rule. With newly-found historical records, this study investigates the whole process of the Korean Red Cross Hospital, which has remained unknown so far, despite its importance. From the very beginning, the Korean Red Cross Hospital was under strong influence of the Empire of Japan. The site for the hospital was chosen by a Japanese army doctor, Junryō Yoshimoto, and the construction was supervised by Rokurō Katsumata, who also later on are involved in the construction of Daehan Hospital. Moreover, all the main positions for medical treatments were held by Japanese practitioners such as Gorō Tatami and Kaneko Yano. Nevertheless, the Korean government had to shoulder the all operating costs. The office of the Korean Red Cross was relocated away from the Korean Red Cross Hospital, and the government of the Korean Empire was not willing to burden the expenses of the Hospital. Moreover, the list of employees of the Korean Red Cross and that of the Korean Red Cross Hospital were drawn up separately: the former is left only in Korea and the latter in Japan. These facts suggest that those two institutes were managed dualistically unlike any other nation, implying that this may have been a means to support the Daehan Hospital project. According to the statistics, health care services in the Korean Red Cross Hospital seems to have been carried out successfully. There had been an increase in the number of patients, and the ratio of female patients was relatively high (26.4%). Only Western medications were prescribed and surgical operations with anesthesia were performed routinely. The approach to Western medicine in Korea was changing during that period. The rise and fall of the Korean Red Cross Hospital represent the urgent situation of the Korean Empire as well as the imperialistic methodology of the Empire of Japan to use medicine as a tool for colonization. Although the transition process of medical policy by the Japanese Resident-General of Korea still remains to be fully elucidated, this paper contributes to a better understanding of the history of modern medicine in Korea.

The Experience of Applying an Australian Red Blood Cell Safety Stock Calculation to Korean Hospitals / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: The management of red blood cell inventory in hospital's blood bank is crucial. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service developed a RBC safety stock calculation method (abbreviated as the ‘Australian formula’). In this study, we applied this method to four Korean hospitals to calculate the safe RBC stock level. METHODS: The hospitals included in this study were three tertiary teaching hospitals and one teaching hospital. The number of hospital beds in these hospitals were 1093, 1330, 1400, and 854, respectively. The data were collected from the Korea Blood Inventory Monitoring System of Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. The target/minimal/maximal RBC inventory levels and inventory days (inventory level/average daily usage) by ABO blood types were calculated using the daily red cell transfusion, wastage, and supply data between May and October 2016. RESULTS: The enrolled hospitals showed different levels for the target/minimal/maximal RBC inventory according to each blood group. The average of RBC inventory days in the four hospitals was 4.2 days. For each blood group, RBC inventory days were 3.2~4.4 days for O blood group type, 3.5~4.7 days for A blood group, 3.9~4.5 days for B blood group, and 3.9~5.5 days for AB blood group. CONCLUSION: Because the optimal RBC inventory levels are different depending on the hospital characteristics and the ABO blood group, it is necessary to set the RBC inventory levels for each hospital distinctly. The data obtained in this study will help manage blood product inventory in various hospital blood banks.

-D-/-D- Phenotype Frequency among Korean Donors / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: To improve Rh-related antigen negative blood supply effectively, the Korean Red Cross (KRC) blood centers have performed Rh phenotype screening tests of C, c, E and e antigens for all donors since April, 2013. Especially for rare ‘-D-/-D-’ blood supply and donor recruitment, we have implemented Rh phenotype confirmation test for all C, c, E and e antigen negative donors. In this study, we report the test results of 7 donors with ‘-D-/-D-’ phenotype. METHODS: All three KRC Blood Laboratory Centers performed Rh phenotype screening tests using the automatic machine, PK7300 (Beckman Coulter, Japan), for all 876,920 donors from January 1, 2018 to April 30, 2018. We then performed the Rh phenotype confirmation test using the tube method manually, at room temperature, 37℃ and antihuman globulin phase. RESULTS: Among 876,920 donors, 14 were Rh antigen C, c, E, e negative as results of Rh phenotype screening test. The results of Rh phenotype confirmation test of these 14 donors showed that 7 donors were Rh antigen C, c, E, e negative. The ratio of -D-/-D- phenotype for all donors was 0.000798%. CONCLUSION: Our data suggests that -D-/-D- phenotype is one of the rare blood groups among Koreans. Although ‘-D-/-D-’ phenotype was confirmed by serologic tests, it is necessary to re-confirm it by molecular genetic techniques.

Henry Dunant, fundador de la Cruz Roja / Henry Dunant, founder of the International Red Crosse

El presente se aborda la figura de Henry Dunant, activista en favor de la causa humanitaria, fue testigo de las secuelas de la batalla de Solferino en Italia cuyo impacto le llevó a escribir sus memorias y experiencias en el libro "Un recuerdo de Solferino" en el que reclamó la creación de un cuerpo de voluntarios para socorrer a los heridos de guerra sin distinción del bando que fuera. En 1901, recibió el primer Premio Nobel de la Paz por su papel al fundar el Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja (AU).

The current work is about the figure of Henry Dunant, militant in favor of the humanitarian cause. He was a witness of the sequels of Solferino´s battle, in Italy, the impact of which led him to write his memoirs and experiences in the book "A recollection of Solferino". In it he claimed for the creation of a voluntary corps to help war wounded people without distinction of the band where they fought. In 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize because of its role in the foundation of the International Red Crosse Movement (AU).

Nursing throughout war times: political propaganda and professional valorization (1942-1945) / Enfermería en tiempos de guerra: la propaganda política y la apreciación profesional (1942-1945) / A enfermagem em tempos de guerra: propaganda política e valorização profissional (1942-1945)

ABSTRACT Objective: to discuss the symbolic effects of the publication on written press of institutional rites related to the courses promoted by the Brazilian Federal District's Schools of Nursing during the Second World War. Method: exploratory and documentary study, whose sources were treated by historical method. Results: one noticed, in the news reports analyzed, that the Brazilian Estado Novo has used nurses images to divulge within the society the woman's acting altruistic model in service to the country, through the systematic diffusion by the press of her honorable acting during the war, what assured the amplification of the visibility and acknowledgment of the Nursing profession in that context. Conclusion: the diffusion by press of emergency nurses graduations magnified their apparition in public spaces, occasion on which the institutional rite was strategically used to transmit to the society the urgency of the new profession, in order to support the political causes in vigor in the country.

RESUMEN Objetivo: discutir los efectos simbólicos de la divulgación en la prensa escrita de los ritos institucionales relacionados con los cursos del esfuerzo de guerra promovidos por las Escuelas de Enfermería del Distrito Federal de Brasil durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Método: estudio exploratorio y documental, cuyas fuentes fueron tratadas por el método histórico. Resultados: en los informes de noticias analizados se ha revelado que el Estado Novo brasileño utilizó la imagen de las enfermeras para difundir socialmente el modelo altruista del papel de la mujer en servir al país a través de la difusión sistemática por la prensa de su papel de honor en la guerra, lo que garantizó la expansión de la visibilidad y el reconocimiento de la profesión de enfermería en ese contexto. Conclusión: la divulgación por la prensa de las graduaciones de enefermeras socorristas consagró su aparición en los espacios públicos, en los que se utilizó estratégicamente el rito institucional para transmitir a la sociedad el surgimiento de una nueva profesión, con el fin de apoyar las causas de la fuerza política en el país.

RESUMO Objetivo: discutir os efeitos simbólicos da veiculação na imprensa escrita de ritos institucionais relacionados aos cursos de esforço de guerra, promovidos pelas Escolas de Enfermagem do Distrito Federal brasileiro durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Método: estudo exploratório e documental, cujas fontes foram tratadas pelo método histórico. Resultados: nas reportagens jornalísticas analisadas, evidenciou-se que o Estado Novo brasileiro utilizou a imagem de enfermeiras para divulgar socialmente o modelo altruístico de atuação da mulher no serviço à pátria, por meio da sistemática difusão pela imprensa de sua honrosa atuação na guerra, o que garantiu a ampliação da visibilidade e reconhecimento da profissão de Enfermagem naquele contexto. Conclusão: a divulgação pela imprensa de formaturas de enfermeiras socorristas consagrou sua aparição em espaços públicos, ocasião em que o rito institucional foi estrategicamente utilizado para transmitir à sociedade a emergência da nova profissão, com o intuito de apoiar as causas políticas vigentes no país.

Analysis of Blood Donors in a Tertiary Care Hospital as a Fixed Collection Site / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: Blood transfusion is important when treating patients with anemia or bleeding; thus, supply of blood components should be stable prior to transfusion. To recruit donors, blood donation sites should be conveniently located. This study evaluated factors responsible for increased donation rates in hospitals and the characteristics of the donors in hospital blood banks without a fixed blood collection site nearby. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 687 blood donations at a blood donation center in Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital (PNUYH) from March 2011 to June 2016. A total of 3,053,695 blood donors listed in the 2014 Korean Red Cross Annual Report were compared to donors in PNUYH. We analyzed the age distribution of donor at blood donation centers from Korean Red Cross according to presence and number of high school and college. RESULTS: Comparison with total blood donors in Korea revealed that there were more blood donors in their thirties, office workers and business owners at PNUYH (P<0.001). The percentage of younger donors in their twenties differed significantly according to the presence of a college within a 4 km radius of the blood donation center (P=0.03). The presence of a high school did not affect the proportion of teenage donors (P=0.833). CONCLUSION: The blood donation rate at our medical institution without fixed blood collection sites nearby increased. A regional hospital may be used as a blood collection site to recruit donors in areas in which there are no fixed blood donation centers.

Proposal of Evaluation Method for Leukoreduction Blood Filter and Evaluation of Domestic Filter / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: A leukoreduction filter was recently developed in Korea to reduce various kinds of adverse transfusion reactions. The objective of this study was to propose a domestic evaluation system for leukoreduction filters and to apply this evaluation system to assess the newly developed leukoreduction filter. METHODS: We prepared packed red blood cells from 60 units of whole blood (400 mL) collected from 60 normal individuals and evaluated the efficacy of the newly developed filter (FINECELL, KOLON INDUSTRIES, Gumi, Korea) and a control filter (RCM1, Haemonetics, MA, USA). To verify the evaluation system, we assessed the filtration time, residual leukocyte count, RBC recovery, RBC hemolysis, hemoglobin concentration, and hematocrit using a control filter RCM1 and compared the results with those of an evaluation performed by the American Red Cross (ARC) in 2013. We then evaluated the efficacy of the test filter FINECELL using the methods established in this study and compared the results with those of the control filter RCM1. RESULTS: The results of the current study were similar to those of the ARC with the control filters. The test filters developed in Korea were not inferior to commonly used control filters regarding residual leukocyte count, RBC recovery, and RBC hemolysis at 35 days after filtration. All of the results in the evaluation satisfied the international standards. CONCLUSION: These results of this study showed that the efficacy of the newly developed domestic leukoreduction filter were satisfactory and will contribute to improvement of quality of blood components in Korea.

Estimation of the Outbreaks of Transfusion-Transmissible Emerging Infectious Diseases in Korean Blood Donors by Public Data / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: Transfusion transmissible emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) is a potential risk to the safety of blood transfusions due to the lack of donor screening assays. To prevent the spread of EIDs through blood transfusions, we attempted to predict the possibility of blood donations from people with EIDs using a public database. METHODS: We used the Disease Web Statistics System of the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Korean Statistical Information Service. We estimated the possibility of blood donations from people with EIDs using the public database combined with the database made available by the Blood Information Management System of the Korean Red Cross. RESULTS: Among the transfusion transmissible EIDs, Babesiosis, Leishmaniasis, West Nile fever, Chikungunya, and Dengue fever were reported in Korea. All of them were cases imported from abroad. Although the number of reported cases of Babesiosis, Leishmaniasis, West Nile fever, and Chikungunya were less than 10 per year until 2016, the reported cases of Dengue fever gradually increased from 2001, and there were 318 cases of Dengue fever in 2016. CONCLUSION: The possibility of blood donation from people with transfusion-transmissible EIDs was low because all reported transfusion-transmissible EIDs in Korea were from foreigners and blood donation from Koreans who returned from abroad was restricted for a period of a month. Nonetheless, preventive strategy for donation from people is necessary given the recent increase in Dengue fever.

Experience in Improving ABO Blood Typing Error at the Blood Donation Site / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: In the Korean Red Cross Blood Center, ABO blood typing are routinely performed only via red cell grouping at blood donations sites. However, when an error occurs in this process, it is impossible to issue a blood product contrary to the result of the blood type of the Blood Laboratory Center, thereby resulting in delayed supply. Therefore, efforts are needed to reduce typing errors at blood donation sites. METHODS: We analyzed 656,786 donor screenings between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016;we also analyzed the statistical data of donor ABO typing between 2013 and 2015. To reduce ABO typing error, we notified and trained nurses at Busan, Gyeongnam, Ulsan, and Daegu-Gyeongbuk Blood centers in June, 2016. We tried to confirm the improvement of ABO typing error at blood donation sites by comparing ABO typing before and after training. For data comparison, chi-square test was conducted (95% confidence interval, 0.05 significant level). RESULTS: The blood typing error rate was significantly lower (P=0.003) four months after training (0.005%) than before training (0.015%), and the blood typing error rate was significantly higher for the first blood donor (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Educational training for nurses at blood donation sites may be effective in reducing ABO typing error. Continuous and regular training seems to be needed in future to reduce ABO typing error.

La Cruz Roja Española, la repatriación de los soldados de las guerras coloniales y el desarrollo de la ciencia médica en España, 1896-1950 / The Spanish Red Cross, the repatriation of soldiers during the colonial wars and the development of medical science in Spain, 1896-1950

Resumen Este trabajo estudia el papel desempeñado por la Cruz Roja Española (fundada en 1864) en la introducción y difusión de tecnologías humanitarias y el desarrollo de la ciencia médica en España, sirviéndonos del estudio de caso relativo a la atención a soldados enfermos y heridos, repatriados de las guerras de Cuba, Filipinas y Marruecos, y del análisis del impacto que estas medidas tuvieron sobre las necesidades asistenciales y de salud pública de la población civil. El artículo muestra cómo esta organización articuló la provisión de asistencia médica para los soldados españoles, estableciendo una red de centros sanitarios especializados, destinados, posteriormente, también al cuidado de la población civil y a la atención de nuevos problemas de salud pública.

Abstract This article examines the role played by the Spanish Red Cross (founded in 1864) in the introduction and spread of humanitarian technologies and the development of medical science in Spain, using the case study of medical care for sick and wounded soldiers repatriated during the wars in Cuba, the Philippines and Morocco, and analyzing the impact these measures had on health care and public health among the civilian population. The article shows how this organization set up health care for Spanish soldiers, establishing a network of specialized medical centers that were later also used to provide medical care for civilians and to address new public health problems.

Estado de necesidad: la Cruz Roja Española en Marruecos, 1886-1927 / A state of need: the Spanish Red Cross in Morocco, 1886-1927

Resumen Este trabajo estudia la función central que los Estados-nación continuaron teniendo en la Cruz Roja durante el periodo de entreguerras. A finales del siglo XIX, España lideró la creación de instituciones humanitarias de estilo europeo en Marruecos. Sin embargo, su secular inestabilidad como Estado, agravada por el desastre colonial de 1898, terminó con el proyecto regeneracionista de una Cruz Roja marroquí. Cuando en 1912 se estableció el protectorado español, la Cruz Roja Española quedó marginada por la competencia francesa, la internacionalización de Tánger y el rechazo local. Éste último culminó en la llamada Guerra del Rif de 1921-1927, mezcla de revuelta anticolonial y guerra internacional, que expuso de forma cruda las prolongadas necesidades del Estado español y su Cruz Roja.

Abstract This article studies the central role of nation-states in the Red Cross during the interwar period. In the late nineteenth century, Spain pioneered the creation of European-style humanitarian institutions in Morocco. However, its perennial instability as a state, aggravated by the colonial disaster of 1898, put an end to the regenerationist project of a Moroccan Red Cross. When the Spanish protectorate was established in 1912, the Spanish Red Cross was overshadowed by competition from its French counterpart, the internationalization of Tangiers and resistance from the local inhabitants. This culminated in the so-called Rif War of 1921-1927, a mixture of anticolonial revolt and international war that vividly exposed the ingrained deficiencies of the Spanish State and its Red Cross.