Blood Transfusions Case Study

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Blood transfusions are daily necessities for patients undergoing surgery, for those with conditions such as cancer, leukaemia, anaemia, for accident victims, women after giving birth and many other trauma patients. The availability of blood cannot be maintained with the increasing demand for blood transfusions (Owings, 1989). By either reducing the need for transfusions or increasing the amount of donations, this problem can be solved.
An investigation was conducted to show the cost effectiveness of blood donations. It was determined that autologous blood donation (blood donated from an individual for themselves) is a more expensive process than that of allogeneic donations (blood donated by a volunteer which will be transfused into any patient that requires it) by volunteers. This is owing to the labour-intensive donation process that adds additional costs to autologous donations (Etchason, 1995). According to the investigation, there has also been an improvement in the safety of the volunteer blood supply, making allogeneic donations more …show more content…

Less than 1% of South Africans are regular blood donors; yet according to the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) an estimated eight out of ten people will need a blood transfusion or some form of blood product throughout their lives (Day, 2016). One unit of blood can be used to save three lives. Donated blood is split into plasma, red blood cells and platelets. All of these components of blood have different uses, and can therefore be distributed accordingly (Service, 2016). These sources are useful as they both provide information on the necessity of blood for transfusions. The statistics highlight the urgent need for more blood donors. No mention of the author of each of the sources adds a limitation, and brings the reliability and validity of the sources into

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