title: [Blood transfusion receivers' perception of the transfusion process].
abstract: Qualitative research, descriptive exploratory, aimed to know the perception of blood transfusion recipients as to the process. The research was carried out at a blood bank in a city in southern Brazil, and the data were analyzed using the Collective Subject Discourse. Were interviewed using a semistructured instrument, eleven patients, men and women between 30 and 95 years, post-surgical recovery of cardiac surgery, underwent blood transfusion. Four central ideas emerged: loss and blood replacement; Preservation of life; Recognition of the transfusion process; and transfusion safety. The perception about the change that post-transfusion begin to live from the transfusion process raises a reframing of life itself. This study showed that transfused patients perceive the transfusion process as a means of survival, and even having knowledge about the process and their meanings, there is the permanence of fears and anxieties that can be minimized by the multidisciplinary team.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maritza Margareth
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Faquetti
authors.affiliation: Unimed, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Raquel Luzia
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Lígia Dos Reis
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bellaguarda
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniele Delacanal
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Lazzari
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriana Dutra
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Tholl
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cladis Loren Kiefer
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Moraes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires