학술논문

Can a decentralized blood system ensure self-sufficiency and blood safety? The Lebanese experience.
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
Journal of Public Health Policy. Aug2017, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p359-365. 7p.
Subject
*BLOOD transfusion
*DONOR blood supply
*DIRECTED blood donations
*ECONOMIC policy
*GOVERNMENT policy
*SAFETY
Language
ISSN
0197-5897
Abstract
Lebanon has adopted a liberal economic system that also applies to healthcare procurement. There is no national Lebanese blood transfusion service and the blood supply is divided between a large number of licensed (45 per cent) and unlicensed (55 per cent) blood banks, many of them issuing a very limited number of blood components. All blood banks are hospital based and operate the entire transfusion chain, from collection to the release of blood units. Blood donation is voluntary and non-remunerated in 20-25 per cent of donations; it relies principally on replacement donations. Recently, Lebanon has faced political instability and war, and now welcomes an enormous number of refugees from neighboring countries at war. This has had an important impact on heath care and on the transfusion supply. We discuss the impact of the blood donation organization on the transfusion safety and ethics, to set the foundation for a more developed and safer transfusion programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]