Audit about the knowledge of healthcare personnel regarding transfusion: multicenter study.

Abstract

Introduction: Transfusion is an important question of daily clinical practice. Transfusion is governed by rigorous security rules.

Aim: To assess the knowledge of healthcare personnel regarding transfusion.

Methods: This descriptive study was carried out by an anonymous survey, with anaesthetist resident, surgery resident, interns, anaesthetist, and nurses. This study was from January 1 to February 29, 2020. It was approved by the local ethics committee.

Results: We included 196 participants. 94.9% knew that red blood cells must be stored in the refrigerator. 58.2% thought that red blood cells should be transfused within 30 minutes of warming, and 31.6% said it should be transfused within 3 hours. We found that 85% knew that fresh frozen plasma should be stored in the freeze, and 59.7% said that the frozen plasma should be thawed within 30 minutes at most and 38.3% thought that the thawing should take at least one hour. Regarding the pretransfusion bedside test, 84.4% knew that it must be done by two personnel one of whom must be a doctor. 40.8% thought that the test consists of mix a drop of patient blood and a drop of bag blood.

Conclusion: Several insufficiencies were found. There is a necessity of launching periodic training courses focusing on the management of blood products and the transfusion procedure.