ABSTRACT
This retrospective study over 4 years, in a non-self-sufficient transfusion region, analyses the qualitative and quantitative needs of recipients of blood components in the phenotypic characteristics red cell specific. If the quantitative needs were still covered with the national solidarity, is not less that a qualitative improvement of supply remains to achieve and requires a collective effort of each of the links in the regional transfusion chain.
Subject(s)
Blood Donors/statistics & numerical data , Blood Transfusion/statistics & numerical data , Health Services Needs and Demand/statistics & numerical data , Patient Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data , Quality of Health Care , Adult , Female , France , Guadeloupe , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Phenotype , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Like every actor in transfusion, staff members practising within blood banks of healthcare establishments have to follow a specific initial training and must frequently update their knowledge in blood transfusion. METHODS: To address this need from these professionals, the Établissement français du sang Auvergne-Loire set up training sessions which content regularly evolved according to regulation recommendations. Every cycle consists in a total of 35hours of training, divided in five one-day modules. The comparison of the evaluation questionnaires offered at the beginning and at the end of each day allowed to measure the benefits provided by every module and to compare progress according to the number of modules previously followed. The analysis of satisfaction surveys contributed to improving the education towards a high level of satisfaction of every participant. RESULTS CONCLUSION: At the end of its third year of existence, the 35hours education programme permitted to achieve a better level of training for all the staffs and the evolution towards an on-site continuing education format seems to better correspond to the personnel's expectations.
