Adoption of WHO Standard Operating Procedures forBlood Screening in Hospitals of Islamabad, Pakistan

摘要

Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world with a population of 187 million (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html). The blood transfusion services have received low priority in the past, but in the last four years, the Government of Pakistan initiated blood safety reforms and revised the National Blood Policy and National Strategic Framework [2008-2012] with a goal to establish a National Blood Programme that strives to meet, in equitable fashion, on non profit basis, all of the rational needs of the patient population throughout the country, on a regular basis, at minimal cost, with minimal waste and with optimal safety and efficacy. The National Health Policy has also included ‘Transfusion Safety’ as a priority area.