title: [Autologous transfusion program].
abstract: The term autologous transfusion describes transfusion of any blood component that was donated by intended recipient. A recipient who serves as his or her own donor receives the safest possible transfusion in that the risks of transfusion-transmitted infection and alloimmunization are eliminated. A preoperative autologous transfusion program provides many benefits to the donor-patient the blood donor center and the hospital transfusion service; requires a good communication between the transfusion physician and the collecting facility and needs a rigorous technical organization of the blood bank to ovoid the human errors of testing and labeling. Underutilizaton of autologous blood programs in our country is possibly related to a lack of awareness on the part of all the contributors.
authors.affiliation: Centre national de transfusion sanguine Tunisie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maamar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mojaat
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ben Hamed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moula
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hmida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boukef
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors