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Knowledge and Perceptions of Blood Safety among Blood Donors in Kelantan, Malaysia

BACKGROUND: Unsafe blood products may cause transfusion-transmissible infections. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and perceptions of blood donors regarding blood safety. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Kelantan state of Malaysia. The questionnaire comprised 39 q...

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Autores principales: Tan, Pei Pei, Fauzi, Hafizuddin Mohamed, Bahar, Rosnah, Chang, Chee Tao, Rahim, Nur Arzuar Abdul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908594
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2019.26.6.13
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Unsafe blood products may cause transfusion-transmissible infections. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and perceptions of blood donors regarding blood safety. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Kelantan state of Malaysia. The questionnaire comprised 39 questions that covered areas such as donors’ social demographic information, knowledge of transfusion-transmitted diseases, blood screening and donor eligibility and perceptions towards blood safety. The knowledge score was categorised as good or poor. RESULTS: Of the 450 distributed questionnaires, 389 were suitable for analysis. Only 18.5% of the donors had good knowledge, with 81.5% having poor knowledge. Less than 30% were aware that people with multiple sexual partners, bisexual people and male homosexual people are permanently deferred from blood donation. Only 29.4% agreed that donors are responsible if their blood causes infection. Furthermore, 39.3% assumed that they could check their HIV status through blood donation, and 10.3% and 5.4% of the respondents believed that donors are free from infection if they wear a condom during sex or only have oral sex when involved in prostitution, respectively. CONCLUSION: Poor knowledge and notable misperceptions concerning safe blood donation were found among blood donors. The Ministry of Health should incorporate safe blood education in future public awareness programmes.