Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the knowledge of transfusion and transfusion safety among health professionals. Materials and method: 47 volunteers, working at the University Hospital Ibn Sina in Rabat of Morocco, answered a survey on knowledge, skills in transfusion and transfusion safety. Results: 68% of the participants were female against 32% male, 85.11% were aged 20-30 years. 77% had a seniority of less than 5 years. 57% were nurses and 42% doctors. According to these participants, allergic reactions and hyperthermia occur with 85.11% after a transfusion, 57.45% mentioned lung edema. 80.85% of the participants stated that immunological and infectious risks are the main risks occurring after transfusion. 25.53% did not know that there were preventive measures for transfusion risks, 8.51% stated that there were none. 72.34% of the staff stated that hemovigilance is based on transfusion surveillance. For 68.09% reporting transfusion events, informing recipients and monitoring them after transfusion are the main tools of hemovigilance. 27.66% of the participants were aware of the transfusion regulations and 53.19% were not. Only 41% had received training in blood transfusion. 91.49% of the participants wanted to develop their transfusion knowledge and competence. Conclusion: Heterogeneity of knowledge and skills in transfusion is raised among these professionals, as well as a great motivation to improve their knowledge and the development of their skills in the field of transfusion. Thus, the development of training programs remains an urgent need for health professionals to further improve their knowledge and ensure the safety and quality of blood transfusions.
Highlights
Transfusion safety is a health issue of global concern
Allergic reactions and hyperthermia occur with 85.11% after a transfusion, 57.45% mentioned lung edema. 80.85% of the participants stated that immunological and infectious risks are the main risks occurring after transfusion. 25.53% did not know that there were preventive measures for transfusion risks, 8.51% stated that there were none. 72.34% of the staff stated that hemovigilance is based on transfusion surveillance
Vigilance is of paramount importance in transfusion medicine, and transfusion safety depends on many factors namely: new infections, silent stage of an infection, technical errors, lack or insufficient knowledge and skills in transfusion and transfusion safety among health professionals, and which may be the cause of the very important transfusion accidents in hospitals [4]
Summary
Transfusion safety is a health issue of global concern. Despite improvements, every recipient may be exposed to immunologic or infectious transfusion events. Transfusion safety depends on the knowledge and skills of health professionals in transfusion. Objective: To evaluate the knowledge of transfusion and transfusion safety among health professionals. 80.85% of the participants stated that immunological and infectious risks are the main risks occurring after transfusion. The development of training programs remains an urgent need for health professionals to further improve their knowledge and ensure the safety and quality of blood transfusions. Many measures have been used to eliminate or at least reduce the risk associated with the transfusion of blood products [1, 2] This risk persists and every recipient can be exposed to immunological or infectious transfusion accidents related mainly to bacterial contamination. It is with this objective in mind that this study was carried out, in order to assess the knowledge of transfusion, and transfusion safety among health care professionals at the level of the Ibn Sina University Hospital of Rabat (CHUISR)
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