Question | Number of respondents | Answer | Number (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Are you directly involved in blood transfusion in your hospital? | 100 | Yes | 50 (50.0) |
No | 50 (50.0) | ||
What do you do in relation to transfusion? | 100 | Prescribe blood | 4 (4.0) |
Administer transfusion | 41 (41.0) | ||
Monitor transfusion | 30 (30.0) | ||
Screen blood | 8 (8.0) | ||
Recruiting blood donors | 3 (3.0) | ||
No response | 14 (14.0) | ||
Does your blood bank screen donor blood for malaria parasites? | 100 | Yes | 44 (44.0) |
No | 21 (21.0) | ||
Not sure | 35 (35.0) | ||
Will you transfuse malaria positive blood in case of an emergency? | 55 | Yes | 30 (54.5) |
No | 21 (38.2) | ||
Not sure | 4 (7.3) | ||
Will you transfuse syphilis positive blood in case of an emergency? | 55 | Yes | 4 (7.3) |
No | 51 (92.7) | ||
Will you transfuse hepatitis B positive blood in case of an emergency? | 55 | Yes | 0 (0) |
No | 55 (100.0) | ||
Giving routine anti-malarials | 55 | Yes, I will give everyone | 16 (29.1) |
Yes, I will give only children | 2 (3.6) | ||
No, I won’t give anyone | 37 (67.3) |