title: [Evaluation of non-compliance of transfusion requests of packed red blood cells].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite legislative acts develloped, many deficiencies were identified in blood requests at the National Blood TransfusionCenter impedding board and blood safety.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the conformity of the different topics of packed red blood cells requests to the legislation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our study was prospective descriptive lasting six months (March-August 2011). It assessed all packed red blood cells requests which reached the national blood transfusion center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  16064 packed red blood cells requests from 21 public institutions and 28 private institutions were studied. There was different deficiencies in each item.The absence of birth date in 67.18% of request represented the largest non-compliance within administrative information. A predominance of shortcomings related to transfusion and obstetric history was recorded for clinical information with absence of date of the last transfusion in 91.72% cases, lack of accuracy of any previous transfusion reactions in 88.63% cases and absence of the number of previous pregnancies in 93.15% of transfusion requests prescribed to women. Non-conformities related to the prescribing physician concerned mainly the phone number which was absent in 55.82% of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study revealed a significant lack of awareness of physicians in relation to the law governing transfusion. It is therefore essential to develop training for prescribers to improve transfusion safety.
authors.forename: Asma Rym
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ben Romdhane
authors.forename: Wided
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ben Ayoub
authors.forename: Emna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gouider
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000592:standards*; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058731:Blood Safety; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D055656:Prescriptions / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014416:Tunisia