Estimating blood demand to determine collection goals challenges many low-income
countries. We sampled Tanzanian hospitals to estimate national blood demand. A …

Background An insight into the utilization pattern helps in future planning of blood drive. This
study was conducted to describe the demographic characteristics of the transfusion …

Aims: To determine the pattern of blood transfusion requests and utilization at a Nigerian
Teaching Hospital. Materials and Methods: Blood request forms and cross-match …

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Background: Blood is a scarce commodity and every effort needs to be made to use it
judiciously and avoid wastage. This study reviewed the pattern of blood procurement …

Patient Blood Management (PBM) is a patient-focused multidisciplinary and comprehensive
concept that is designed to ensure the optimal, appropriate and safe use of blood and blood …

Objectives: To assess the level of female participation in blood donation at a blood bank of a
developing nation and compare findings with that of other parts of the world. Background …

BACKGROUND: Blood transfusion plays vital roles in the medical and surgical practice. To
achieve optimum use of blood, transfusion has to be appropriate and judicious consuming …

Introduction This study sought to determine the awareness and attitude of doctors and
nurses in a teaching hospital to skin donation and banking, and to identify needs for …

Background/Aims: Efforts are put into making blood safe for the recipient and non-injurious
to the donor, and to avoid wastage of blood but blood is oftentimes wasted. This pilot study …