@article{Akhter_Samad_Fayyaz_Habiba_Asif_Fatima_2019, title={Acute blood transfusion reaction in a tertiary care hospital in Southern Punjab, Pakistan}, volume={6}, url={https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/4433}, DOI={10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20191369}, abstractNote={<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Blood transfusion is a lifesaving process but carries many risks. Majority of these had been reduced with better diagnostic and management strategies. But the risk of non-infectious adverse transfusion reactions though reduced but cannot be eliminated. Hemovigilance is the system to monitor such reactions.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> The objective of current study was to know the frequency of adverse transfusion reactions and to compare it with local and international data. Retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study was done in Ibn-e- Sina hospital. Adverse transfusion reactions reported to blood bank was analysed according to hospital protocol.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 6050 blood transfusions 23 (0.38%) develop adverse transfusion reactions. Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction was the commonest adverse event and whole blood was the component implicated.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Adverse transfusion reactions are non-infectious complications of blood transfusion which in spite of all efforts cannot be avoided. Frequency of adverse transfusion reactions in our study was 0.38% and Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction was commonest reported reaction type. Hemovigilance system is necessary to monitor, investigate and control such activities.</p>}, number={4}, journal={International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health}, author={Akhter, Naseem and Samad, Afra and Fayyaz, Nudrat and Habiba, Umme and Asif, Maliha and Fatima, Sabeen}, year={2019}, month={Mar.}, pages={1416–1421} }