Re: Boy infected with HIV + blood

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(Moderators note on distance learning on blood safety follows the message).

This is in reference to kiran chaudhari's letter about HIV tainted blood. Let me

add the following additional points.

1. The blood bank must have a total quality control program

2. HIV test must be performed with reader only.

3. Cut off value etc must be written in black and white (S.O.P.) STANDARDIZED

4. No compromise with quality of HIV testing kit sometimes NACO supply also must

be sent to reliable testing laboratory for standardization

5. Every month training program for all the technical Pearson

6. Pre donation counseling for all the donors

7. H/o of blood donor is very important

8. Vigilant staff to distinguish between replacement donor and professional

donor

9. Voluntary donation has gone about 60% IN GUJARAT AND ABOUT 80% IN WEST BENGAL

10. A strong linkage with donor motivator and blood bank has to be formed

11. Medical fraternity has to be educated for rational use of blood and

components.CME program has to be organized for this.

12. State blood transfusion society has to liberalize some norms for

subsidies/grant for above mentioned points

13. Need to concentrate on regional blood center and storage center at

periphery.still no financial assistance is available to NGOs or any blood

bank.NACO said they have already formed the policy but how far it has

implemented at state or district level

14. Blood safety is in arena but still take time to be in practice

15. REMEMBER NO BLOOD IS 100% SAFE

Thanks

Niloo Vaishnav

E-mail: <shaillyv@...>

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Moderators note. Readers may find the following details of WHO Blood transfusion

safety, distance education interesting. Contact WHO for the details of the

distance edcuation. (Email: bloodsafety@...)

Education and training in blood transfusion safety

Education and training is fundamental to every aspect of blood safety but

evidence from the WHO Global Database on Blood Safety 1998-1999 indicates that

72% of countries are unable to meet their identified training needs, even though

many of the factors threatening the safety of the global blood supply can be

attributed, in part, to inadequate training. This is due to limited budgets,

inadequate facilities and insufficient numbers of experienced trainers make it

impossible to meet the training needs of large numbers of staff who may be

scattered over wide geographical areas.

The BTS aims to:

• Assist in strengthening national capacity in education and training in all

aspects of blood transfusion;

• Support the establishment of sustainable national education and training

programmes in blood transfusion;

• Strengthen inter- and intra-regional collaboration in training in blood

transfusion between WHO and its Collaborating Centres, national blood

transfusion services, education and training institutions, and nongovernmental

organization.

Distance learning programme in blood transfusion safety

Even where suitable training facilities and personnel exist, services may be

unable to release staff for prolonged periods and many individuals are unwilling

to leave their families to attend a lengthy course. In practice, opportunities

for training are often not available for those who most need it, particularly

for staff working in small hospital blood banks without easy access to training

institutions. Many have received inadequate training in the past and work under

limited supervision. Even where in-service training is available, it is often

provided by staff who themselves may not have had opportunities for updating or

further training. As a result, there may be considerable variations in the

quality of training-and therefore in the quality of staff performance.

Recognizing the practical constraints facing countries that wish to expand their

training programmes but do not have the resources or facilities to do so by

conventional means, the Blood Transfusion Safety Team has included distance

learning as a key element in its strategy to support national training

initiatives.

Distance learning is a decentralized approach to delivering education and

training in which much of the teaching-learning process takes place outside

conventional training institute. Distance learning is widely used in

professional and vocational education throughout the world, but not has been

previously used in the field of blood transfusion. The WHO BTS has included

distance learning in its strategy to support training in blood safety because it

offers blood transfusion services a cost-effective way of expanding their

training activities when resources and facilities are limited. It is not meant

to replace other approaches, but to be used in conjunction with existing

training programmes.

Related documents

Distance Learning in Blood Safety. A flexible, cost effective approach to staff

development [pdf 69kb]

Safe Blood and Blood Products. Distance Learning Materials in English [pdf

4.26Mb]

http://www.who.int/bloodsafety/education_training/en/