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Case Report
Assessment of transfusion practices in pediatrics: A case report
1 Regional Blood Transfusion Centre – Rabat, Madinat Al Irfane, Avenue Allal Al Fassi, Rue Mfdel Charkaoui Institute, Rabat 10000, Morocco
2 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Med V University, Rabat, Av. Mohamed Belarbi El Alaoui B.P: 6203, Rabat Institute, Morocco
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Lemssahli Ilham
MD, PhD in process in Health Sciences; Responsible for Hemovigilance in Regional Blood Transfusion Centre – Rabat,
Morocco
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Article ID: 100073Z02LI2022
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Ilham L, Abdelkader B. Assessment of transfusion practices in pediatrics: A case report. Int J Blood Transfus Immunohematol 2022;12(1):11–17.ABSTRACT
Introduction: Pediatric patients should not be exposed to blood components and products unnecessarily. Transfusion-related risks are always present, both those we know and those that remain to be discovered. It is essential to follow good transfusion practice (GTP) procedures; although they can sometimes be quite prescriptive, evidence shows that when we ignore guidelines, errors can occur.
Case Report: We report the case of a 7-month-old infant who underwent surgery for megacolon and received emergency transfusions. The death of the infant post-surgery prompted a hemovigilance investigation to determine the imputability of the transfusion.
Conclusion: The investigation revealed deficiencies in the patient’s transfusion management, some of which were critical. This indicates that nurses have a considerable knowledge deficit in blood transfusion; however, the infant’s death was not attributable to transfusion and was due to post-surgical complications.
Keywords: Good transfusion practice, Nurses, Pediatric
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Lemssahli Ilham - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Belmekki Abdelkader - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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