Barriers to Effective Transfusion Practices in Limited-Resource Settings: From Infrastructure to Cultural Beliefs

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 44; no. 7; pp. 2094 - 2099
• Main Authors: Mohammed, Alhassan Datti, Ntambwe, Papytcho, Crawford, Ana Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.07.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Anemia; Anemia - therapy; Anesthesia; Blood Donors; Blood transfusion; Blood Transfusion - statistics & numerical data; Blood transfusions; Cardiac Surgery; Children; Coagulation; Culture; Donations; Erythrocytes; General Surgery; Health care; Health Resources; Hemorrhage; Hemorrhage - therapy; Humans; Income; Infrastructure; Malaria; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Patients; Platelets; Polls & surveys; Rural areas; Rural communities; Schools; Surgery; Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries; Thoracic Surgery; Transfusion; Urban areas; Vascular Surgery; Vector-borne diseases

Background Surgery and anesthesia are indivisible parts of health care, but safe and timely care requires more than operating rooms and skilled providers. One vital component of a functional surgical system is reliable blood transfusion. While almost half of all blood is donated in high-income count...