Table 3:
General characteristics of blood safety activities in the 38 Francophone Africa blood services in 2016 according to type of blood service.
| General characteristics | National Blood Services (n=6) | Regional Blood Services (n=13) | Hospital-based blood services (n=17) | Collection sites (n=2) | All services (n=38) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Senior staff/Center (median (range)) | 25 (4–93) | 1 (0–4) | 2(0–6) | 1 (0–1) | 5 (0–93) |
| †Number of Technical staff /Center (median (range)) | 91 (30–223) | 9(2–26) | 13 (2–50) | 3 (3–4) | 24 (2–223) |
| Number of Technical staff /1,000 donations (median (range)) | 1 (1–2) | 2 (1–5) | 12 (1–54) | 2 (1–3) | 6 (1–54) |
| Number of Blood services doing donor mobilization (n (%)) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 (39.4) |
| Number of services Screening the four main TTI (n (%)) | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 38(100) |
| Number of services doing ABORhD blood grouping (n (%)) | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 38(100) |
| Number of services preparing blood components (n (%)) | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21(55.2) |
| Number of services having a Hospital Transfusion Committee (n (%)) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 (28.9) |
| Number of services performing EQAS on at least one TTI (n (%)) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 (31.5) |
| Number of services performing EQAS on blood grouping (n (%)) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 (10.5) |
| EQAS collaborators | MoPH,UKNEQAS,SANBS | MoPH,INTS | MoPH,NHLS, CDC, SBFA | MoPH | MoPH,NHLS,CDC, SBFA, INTS, UKNEQAS, SANBS |
| Number of services having Guidelines on Clinical Use of blood (n, (%)) | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 16 (42.1) |
| Number of services referencing on Standards (n (%)) | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 (39.4) |
| Types of Standards of reference (types) | ISO 9001/ISO 15189 | ISO 9001/ISO 15189 | ISO 9001/ISO 15189 AfSBT | ISO 9001/ISO 15189 | ISO 9001/ISO 15189 AfSBT |
| Number of services having a Quality Manager (n (%)) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 (44.7) |
| Number of services accredited or certified (n (%)) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.6) |
| Number of services having an Electronic Informatics System (n (%)) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 (36.8) |
AfSBT: Africa Society for Blood Transfusion
CDC: US Services of Disease Control
EQC: External Quality Control
INTS: Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, France
MoPH: Local Ministry of Public Health
NHLS: National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa
SBFA: Safe Blood for Africa Foundation, South Africa
SANBS: South African National Blood Service
TTI: Transfusion Transmitted Infection
UKNEQAS: United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment
†
Technical staff include Senior staff (medical doctors, pharmacists, medical scientists, technologists and nurses)