Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hemovigilance Among Postgraduates In A Tertiary Care Hospital, Chengalpattu
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Blood transfusion, Transfusion Reactions, Adverse reaction, blood productsAbstract
Background: Blood transfusion is one of the lifesaving procedures that has the potential to cause adverse events. The occurrence of adverse events is up to 1% of overall blood transfusions. As per the available data, 1 in every 19,000 units of red blood cells is transfused to the wrong patient every year, 1 in 76,000 transfusions results in an acute hemolytic reaction, and 1 in 1.8 million units of all transfused red blood cells result in death due to the acute hemolytic reactions.1
Aim and Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of hemovigilance among postgraduates in a tertiary care hospital, Chengalpattu.
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted for one month after obtaining approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee. The participants were provided a sheet containing 16 questions pre-validated by the experts. There were 7 questions based on knowledge, 5 on attitude and 4 on practices.
Results: 77 volunteers were enrolled, and their responses were recorded. The response rate was 100%. It has been recorded that 39% had excellent knowledge,7.8% had good knowledge, 28.6% had average knowledge, and 24.7% had poor knowledge towards hemovigilance. It was also reported that 70.1% had excellent attitude,7.8% had good attitude, 6.5% had Average attitude, and 15.6% had poor attitude towards hemovigilance. About practices towards hemovigilance, 27.3% responded to an excellent score, ,23.4% had good practices, 22.1% had average practices, and 27.3% had poor practices.
Expected outcomes: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Haemovigilance among postgraduates in a tertiary care hospital.
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