Preliminary determination of bacterial contamination of whole blood units in a Ghanaian blood bank: Providing evidence to improve transfusion safety
The high percentage of contaminated WB units collected at the CCTH provided evidence-based data for the implementation of improved donor skin disinfection processes and the use of blood diversion pouches in 2019. These approaches allowed CCTH to comply with Ghanaian regulatory entities.
Authors
- Daniel Azumah
- L. Gillard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0153-6758)
- Sandra Ramírez‐Arcos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0705-4987)
- Nana Benyin Aidoo
- Angela Adatsi
Institutions
- University of Cape Coast (GH)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Cape Coast Technical University (GH)
- Central University (GH)
- Rush University (US)
- Canadian Blood Services (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vox Sanguinis
- Published
- 2025-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13806
- Primary Topic
- Blood transfusion and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00