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Transfusion ; 52(10): 2161-6, 2012 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22612858

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BACKGROUND: Blood transfusion in rural sub-Saharan Africa presents special challenges. Transfusions are primarily given for emergencies--life-threatening blood loss or anemia; blood is usually collected from family or replacement donors; and facilities to store an adequate reserve in a hospital bank are constrained. We report the everyday and organizational practices in a medium-sized district hospital in Northern Ghana. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Information and data on blood transfusion practices at West Gonja Hospital, Damongo, were available from the laboratory reports, from day books and workbooks, and from direct observation in the following four areas: blood collection and blood donors; blood donation testing; blood storage and logistics; and clinical transfusion practice, adverse events, and follow-up. RESULTS: The hospital serves a rural community of 86,000. In 2009, a total of 719 units of whole blood were collected, a rate of 8.36 units per 1000 population. All donors were family or replacement donors. Positivity rates for infectious disease markers were 7.5% (64/853) for hepatitis B surface antigen, 6.1% (50/819) for hepatitis C virus, 3.9% (33/846) for human immunodeficiency virus, and 4.7% (22/468) for syphilis. Supply of laboratory materials was sometimes problematic, especially for temperature-critical materials. Difficulties in sample labeling, storage of blood and laboratory supplies, and disposal of waste were also incurred by operational, material, and financial constraints. Follow-up for outcomes of transfusion is not currently feasible. CONCLUSIONS: The operational, demographic, and financial environment pertaining in a rural hospital in Northern Ghana differs substantially from that in which much of current blood transfusion practice and technology evolved. Considerable effort and innovation will be needed to address successfully the challenges posed.


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Bancos de Sangue/organização & administração , Transfusão de Sangue/estatística & dados numéricos , Hospitais Rurais/organização & administração , Adulto , Bancos de Sangue/estatística & dados numéricos , Doadores de Sangue , Preservação de Sangue/métodos , Segurança do Sangue , Transfusão de Sangue/normas , Criança , Países em Desenvolvimento , Equipamentos e Provisões Hospitalares/provisão & distribuição , Feminino , Gana , Infecções por HIV/sangue , Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia , Hepatite B/sangue , Hepatite B/epidemiologia , Hepatite C/sangue , Hepatite C/epidemiologia , Hospitais Rurais/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Controle de Infecções/organização & administração , Controle de Infecções/normas , Cooperação Internacional , Irlanda , Malária/sangue , Malária/epidemiologia , Masculino , Eliminação de Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde/métodos , Recursos Humanos em Hospital/estatística & dados numéricos , Hemorragia Pós-Parto/terapia , Gravidez , Testes Sorológicos/estatística & dados numéricos , Sífilis/sangue , Sífilis/epidemiologia , Temperatura , Viremia/epidemiologia
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