The local initiative for emergency blood ( <scp>LIFE</scp> ‐blood) study: A mixed‐methods, single‐center exploration of civilian walking blood bank need, feasibility, and safety in a low‐resource blood desert
A walking blood bank for emergency transfusion that uses rapid diagnostic testing may serve as a feasible and safe stopgap measure to address hemorrhagic shock and severe anemia in the world's blood deserts.
Authors
- Wendy Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4455-0038)
- Marisa DelSignore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8462-1968)
- Gilchrist Lokoel
- Saksham Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7538-6345)
- Elizabeth Stoeger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6077-4567)
- Cindy Makanga
- Avery A. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1330-0611)
- Linda S. Barnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5090-0328)
- Alejandro Munoz Valencia
- Riya Sawhney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-4791)
- Juan Carlos Puyana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4284-4693)
- Nobhojit Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2022-7416)
- Neil Thivalapill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-6710)
- Fleming Mathew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1669-5551)
- Vanitha Raguveer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4621-5990)
- Meghan Delaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1089-5787)
- Nikathan Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2847-178X)
- Nakul Raykar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1825-7333)
- Abdirahman Musa
- Shreenik Kundu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7816-5715)
- P. Andrew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0357-0597)
- Tecla Chelagat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1312-8404)
- Tanujit Dey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5559-211X)
- Edward Mutebi
- Caroline Wesonga Wangamati
- Pratap Kumar
- Stephen Omondi Onyango
- Epem Esekon
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Children's National (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Strathmore University (KE)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Kenya School of Government (KE)
- Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International (KE)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- University of Global Health Equity (RW)
- Barnes Hospital (GB)
- University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (PL)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transfusion
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.18460
- Primary Topic
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00