Safe Blood Transfusion Practices among Nurses in a Major Referral Center in Ghana

Table 9

Knowledge of nurses on blood transfusion complications.

Question	Correct
	Frequency	Percentage (%)
What interventions could minimize the risk of the patient experiencing acute transfusion reaction?	11	3.94
What signs and symptoms indicate that the patient is developing an acute haemolytic transfusion reaction?	21	7.53
What should be done immediately when signs and symptoms of the acute haemolytic transfusion reaction are seen?	47	16.85
Due to an emergency, a unit of blood collected at 8.00 PM was kept in the nurses’ station until 9:30 PM. What should the nurse do with blood?	179	65.09
A patient has sustained a mild allergic transfusion reaction. What is the usual presenting complaint?	231	83.09
What is the first action that the nurse should take to handle a patient with mild allergic transfusion reaction?	6	2.16
What is the commonest cause of the most fatal transfusion reactions?	80	28.78
Before administering blood, when is it acceptable not to check patients’ details at the bedside?	177	63.44
Mean score		42.00