Blood Transfusion Knowledge and Nursing Practice in Tertiary Hospitals:An Evidence Based Review
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Blood Transfusion, Knowledge, Nursing PracticeAbstract
Background: Blood transfusion is an indispensable therapeutic intervention in modern internal medicine, playing a pivotal role in the management of acute hemorrhage, severe anemia, hematological disorders, malignancies, chronic kidney disease, and critically ill patients. Despite substantial advances in transfusion medicine, blood transfusion remains a high-risk clinical procedure because it involves multiple sequential processes that require strict adherence to evidence-based protocols. Errors occurring at any stage of the transfusion pathway
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