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La experiencia de Perú con un programa nacional de bancos de sangre

dc.contributor.authorRivera Salcedo, José Fuenteses_ES
dc.contributor.authorRoca Valencia, Oscares_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued2003es_ES
dc.identifier.citationRivera Salcedo, José Fuentes,Roca Valencia, Oscar (2003) La experiencia de Perú con un programa nacional de bancos de sangre. Rev Panam Salud Publica;13(2/3) 165-171,feb.-mar. 2003. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rpsp/v13n2-3/15734.pdfes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rpsp/v13n2-3/15734.pdfes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8395
dc.format.extentgrafes_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;13(2/3),feb.-mar. 2003es_ES
dc.subjectBancos de Sanguees_ES
dc.subjectProgramas Nacionais de Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectBancos de Sanguees_ES
dc.subjectDoadores de Sanguees_ES
dc.subjectTransfusão de Sanguept_BR
dc.subjectHematologiaes_ES
dc.subjectProgramas Nacionais de Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectPerues_ES
dc.subjectAvaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectControle de Qualidadees_ES
dc.subjectTestes Sorológicoses_ES
dc.titleLa experiencia de Perú con un programa nacional de bancos de sangrees_ES
dc.title.alternativePeru's experience with a national blood banking programen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesThis paper describes Peru's experiences with its National Blood Banking Program. Until the mid-1990s, the country faced a host of problems, including the lack of a legal framework to regulate blood banks, a high maternal mortality rate due to a shortage of blood, virtually no voluntary donations, a high risk of infection from transfusions, the use of only whole blood for transfusion, serious disorganization in the blood banks, deficiencies in blood bank supervision and control, no training programs, indifference on the part of health officials, frequent selling of blood, and limited community awareness. Subsequently, a strategic plan was prepared that made it possible to solve many of those problems. Legal instruments were prepared; the rate of voluntary donations rose from 0 percent to 19.5 percent; the safety of the blood was improved through compulsory screening of all donated blood units for seven markers of infectious diseases, as well as by placing a national seal of quality on all screened units. The availability of blood doubled, thus meeting 70 percent of the need; sales of blood decreased; and the use of blood components was improved, with 80 percent of the blood being fractionated. In addition, supervisory control of 100 percent of the blood banks in the country was achieved, a national registry was established, the cost-benefit relationship for blood units was improved through centralized screening, internal and external quality control was made mandatory, and prodonation campaigns led to commitments from civil society. While important, all these achievements represent just a first step. This is especially true given that developing the National Blood Banking Program required the participation of outside organizations, such as the Pan American Health Organization, whose support, together with the experience provided by other countries, was key. The Program is facing a number of new challenges, and the progress that has been achieved could be threatened if current activities stagnate or if officials become complacent (AU)en_US


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