Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Blood Establishment and Hospital Transfusion Service in the Management
Disasters and emergencies do happen all over the world, both natural and human-made. It is important to carry out a gap analysis and a risk assessment before making plans for disaster and emergency preparedness at national, regional, and local levels. It is equally important to decide in advance wha...
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| author | Cees Theodoor Smit Sibinga Sangeeta Pahuja Mujtaba Al-Lawati Shabneez Hussain |
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| description | Disasters and emergencies do happen all over the world, both natural and human-made. It is important to carry out a gap analysis and a risk assessment before making plans for disaster and emergency preparedness at national, regional, and local levels. It is equally important to decide in advance what to do and how to react to such situation to restore the “business as usual.” The blood system is an integral part of the health-care system and should be ready to act when necessary – donor mobilization, triage, personnel, stock management, and distribution. In the hospital, one should have a plan and be prepared in advance to introduce priority setting, stock management, restricted transfusion practice, and communication. The article provides a list of recommendations to prepare for such expected and unexpected situation to mitigate as much as possible the deleterious consequences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8eb84039ad5b4be98c8b699d407025fd2022-12-22T04:14:09ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsGlobal Journal of Transfusion Medicine2468-83982455-88932022-01-017210911410.4103/gjtm.gjtm_56_22Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Blood Establishment and Hospital Transfusion Service in the ManagementCees Theodoor Smit SibingaSangeeta PahujaMujtaba Al-LawatiShabneez HussainDisasters and emergencies do happen all over the world, both natural and human-made. It is important to carry out a gap analysis and a risk assessment before making plans for disaster and emergency preparedness at national, regional, and local levels. It is equally important to decide in advance what to do and how to react to such situation to restore the “business as usual.” The blood system is an integral part of the health-care system and should be ready to act when necessary – donor mobilization, triage, personnel, stock management, and distribution. In the hospital, one should have a plan and be prepared in advance to introduce priority setting, stock management, restricted transfusion practice, and communication. The article provides a list of recommendations to prepare for such expected and unexpected situation to mitigate as much as possible the deleterious consequences.http://www.gjtmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2468-8398;year=2022;volume=7;issue=2;spage=109;epage=114;aulast=Smitblood supplydisasteremergency preparednessemergency responserisk assessment |
| spellingShingle | Cees Theodoor Smit Sibinga Sangeeta Pahuja Mujtaba Al-Lawati Shabneez Hussain Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Blood Establishment and Hospital Transfusion Service in the Management Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine blood supply disaster emergency preparedness emergency response risk assessment |
| title | Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Blood Establishment and Hospital Transfusion Service in the Management |
| title_full | Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Blood Establishment and Hospital Transfusion Service in the Management |
| title_fullStr | Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Blood Establishment and Hospital Transfusion Service in the Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Blood Establishment and Hospital Transfusion Service in the Management |
| title_short | Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Blood Establishment and Hospital Transfusion Service in the Management |
| title_sort | disaster and emergency preparedness role of the blood establishment and hospital transfusion service in the management |
| topic | blood supply disaster emergency preparedness emergency response risk assessment |
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