Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice about pre-analytic errors among interns. This elicits the efficiency of interns on the basis of knowledge, attitude and practice in blood transfusion and to analyse about the pre-analytic errors in blood transfusion.
 Study Design: A cross sectional study
 Place and Duration of Study: Department of Transfusion Medicine, Saveetha Medical College Sriperumbudur, between January 2020 to August 2020.
 Methodology: The prospective study will be done by distributing online questionnaire. From the questionnaire the interpretation of pre-analytical errors will be analysed statistically.
 Results: A total of 150 interns in a Tertiary care teaching hospital were given the online questionnaire in which 136 interns responded and 14 were not responded and the results showed lower frequency of incidents in pre-analytic errors.
 Conclusion: Though the pre analytic errors were less, the lack of knowledge among the medical staff in transfusion is obvious. Therefore, we must have the possibility of organizing regular training and follow-up activities to improve the knowledge of interns in transfusion.
Highlights
Blood transfusion is the process of transferring of blood or blood products from one individual into another individual's bloodstream [1]
Improper screening may lead to incompatible blood transfusion causing severe hemolytic disease which at times leads to fatal consequences and infectious blood transfusion causing diseases [7,8]
A total of 150 interns in a Tertiary care teaching hospital were given the questionnaire in which 136 interns responded
Summary
Blood transfusion is the process of transferring of blood or blood products from one individual (donor) into another individual's bloodstream [1]. This life saving procedure can replace one’s blood loss following a surgery or injury. Blood transfusion errors occurs due to infusing incorrect blood due to misidentification of patients [9], wrong labeling of blood bags can cause adverse reactions [9], errors in compatibility testing can cause hemolytic reactions, antibodies present in donor blood against recipient antigens causing antigen antibody reactions, transfusing blood due to improper screening may contains infectious agents like HIV,hepatitis B and C [10], infusion of large amount of blood can cause iron overload, storage of blood at incorrect temperatures can cause adverse reactions [11,12]
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