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  • Title: Prevention of transfusion-associated HIV transmission with the use of a transfusion protocol for under 5s.
    Author: Craighead IB, Knowles JK.
    Journal: Trop Doct; 1993 Apr; 23(2):59-61. PubMed ID: 8488575.
    Abstract:
    Recently there has been an increasing realization that for the prevention of transfusion-associated HIV infection, HIV screening alone is insufficient. In 1988, a treatment protocol for children under 5 years with severe anaemia, was introduced in Ekwendeni Hospital. Initial results showed that it was possible to reduce the number of blood transfusions without increasing the mortality rate. By January 1992 the protocol was being widely disregarded by ward staff, and transfusion rates had increased. Strict enforcement of the transfusion protocol from the 16 January produced a sharp drop in the percentage transfused from 44% to 11%. Mortality rates remained similar throughout the period of the study. Thus, it would appear to be possible, with the use of the transfusion protocol, to reduce the number of blood transfusions carried out, without affecting mortality rates, and hence to reduce the risk of transfusion-associated HIV.
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