Comprehensive Report: Barriers and Challenges in Blood Transfusion

This report delves into the significant barriers hindering effective blood transfusion practices. It highlights the importance of donor knowledge regarding blood donation criteria, potential risks, and the impact of healthcare provider attitudes on the donation process. The report identifies several challenges, including limited donor awareness, negative perceptions, and the influence of privacy concerns and ethnic discrimination. It also explores the reasons behind individuals' reluctance to donate blood, such as fear of weakness, needle phobia, lack of time, and concerns about infection risks. Furthermore, the report examines the knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers, emphasizing the need for improved training and awareness of blood transfusion protocols to ensure patient safety and optimize transfusion outcomes. The report emphasizes the necessity of addressing these barriers to improve blood transfusion services and ensure an adequate and safe blood supply for patients in need.

Running head: BARRIER OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION
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Blood transfusion is a method of transfer of blood or constituents from donors to
recipients. It is essential when a person is severely ill like anemia or deficit of blood, undergone
blood loss. Therefore, the healthcare professionals should have detailed knowledge about the
process and the proper communication between healthcare givers and the donor is needed.
Barrier of blood transfusion among health care professionals and community
The first barrier is limited knowledge about the blood donation among blood donors.
Only few have idea about the preliminary age which is suitable for blood donation and the
highest donations number can be performed per year. Most of the times, healthcare providers are
incapable to provide safe, sufficient and constant blood supply because most of the donors are
first and they do not come back further. Moreover, the chance of getting infected is high among
first-time donor rather than repeated donors. The donors also do not know the criteria of
becoming a blood donor. The criteria includes enough hemoglobin, healthiness and devoid of
chronic illness. Anyone having one of these criteria is not allowed for blood donation. Therefore,
the absence of proper knowledge is hindering the blood transfusion process. The second hurdle
regarding this blood transfusion includes the negative attitude of healthcare providers towards
the donors [4]. The privacy during pre-donation evaluation possess as a barrier to blood
transfusion. This privacy has a major impact on first-time donor to make decision to donate
rather than repeat donors. Ethnic discrimination is another major factor that is adversely related
to blood donation [5].
The reason of people not prepared to donate blood:
Most of the cases the individuals are not willing to give blood owing some reasons. Fear
of weakness after donation among donors was a major factor for not donating blood. Some

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people are afraid of needles. Some have phobia of blood also. The problem of donor clinic and
absenteeism of gift/reward was a factor for not contributing blood. Lack of time is another issue
related to blood donation [1]. Due to the busy schedule and the work pressure many people are
not able to donate blood. The people have perception that there is an increased risk of infections
like HIV by blood donation [3].
Attitude, Knowledge, and practice of healthcare providers in transfusion of blood:
Healthcare provider’s knowledge and skills, attitude and practice are essential to
strengthening the quality of blood transfusion practice. Most of the cases, the nurses are less
knowledgeable of changing the blood transfusion sets that can cause the fatal blood transfusion
reactions and different immunological reactions [2]. The nurses have lack of basic knowledge of
blood grouping system of ABO and RhD system. The majority of the nurses have lack of
awareness regarding the validated period of the transfusion that is used to prevent growth of
bacteria in blood. This, in turn, may raise sepsis in the patient. Sometimes, the nurses omit some
important steps like final checking. This imposes an incorrect practice as it accounts for the
safety issue related to blood transfusion. It is seen that female respondents perform poorly than
males in blood transfusion.
Questions that should be asked related to the topic:
Q.1) What is people’s perception about blood donation?
Q.2) Have people knowledge about benefits or social welfare related to blood donation?
Q.3) Is there any past bitter incidence of blood donation that results in morbid situation?

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