Blood Transfusion Practice among Healthcare Personnel in Nepal: An Observational Study

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.89em"/><col style="width:5.49em"/><col style="width:5.61em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Areas of observation</td><td class="align_center">Frequency</td><td class="align_center">Percentage</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Gynecology and obstetrics</td><td class="align_center">24</td><td class="align_center">27.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">General medicine</td><td class="align_center">24</td><td class="align_center">27.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">HDU</td><td class="align_center">10</td><td class="align_center">11.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">General surgery</td><td class="align_center">9</td><td class="align_center">10.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Orthopedics</td><td class="align_center">9</td><td class="align_center">10.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ICU</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">4.7</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Others</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">6.9</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>HDU: high dependency unit; ICU: intensive care unit; and others: oncology (2), postoperative (3), and ENT ward (1).<br/></div></td></tr></table>

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Journal of Blood Transfusion

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