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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Blood Transfusion Safety in Africa: A Literature Review of Infectious Disease and Organizational Challenges
Transfusion Medicine Reviews, Volume 26, No. 2, Year 2012
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Description
Blood safety remains an important public health concern in Africa where lack of availability or provision of unsafe blood adversely impacts morbidity and mortality in the region. In recognition of this shortfall, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a goal of regional blood safety by 2012 through improved "organization and management, blood donor recruitment and collection, testing of donor blood as well as appropriate clinical use of blood" (Tagny et al: Transfusion. 2008;48:1256-1261; Tapko et al: Status of Blood Safety in the WHO African Region: Report of the 2006 Survey http://www.afro.who.int/en/divisions-a-programmes/dsd/health-technologies-a-laboratories.html. Brazzaville, Republic of Congo: WHO Regional Office for Africa; 2006). Although there has been substantial progress toward meeting these objectives, there are continued obstacles to both development and sustainability. In a setting where transfusion oversight is still being improved, transfusion-transmitted infections are of real concern. The high prevalence of some transfusion-transmissible agents such as hepatitis B virus and HIV in the general population means that some infected blood units escape detection by even well-performed laboratory testing, resulting in potential downstream transmission to patients. The spectrum of transfusion-transmitted infection include conventional as well as exotic pathogens, many of which are endemic to the region, thereby imparting ongoing challenges to recruitment and testing strategies. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bloch, Evan M.
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
South Africa, Weltevreden Park
South African National Blood Service
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Vermeulen, Marion
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
South Africa, Weltevreden Park
South African National Blood Service
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Murphy, Edward Laurence
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
South Africa, Weltevreden Park
South African National Blood Service
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Statistics
Citations: 157
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.tmrv.2011.07.006
ISSN:
08877963
e-ISSN:
15329496
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Systematic review
Study Locations
Congo