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Abstract
Background and objectives: Instant messaging applications (IMAs) have revolutionized the means of communication. Like various disciplines in medicine, transfusion medicine and blood banking have also utilized these applications for connecting with donors for recruitment, routine blood centre work and clinical consulting. We aim to study the pattern of usage of IMAs by the Indian blood bank community.
Materials and methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey (27 questions) of doctors and technicians working in the blood centres. The target was to collect at least 100 responses from blood bank staff. The survey was open from 28 March 2024 to 28 May 2024.
Results: One hundred and thirty-nine out of 575 individuals dealing with blood banking responded to the survey (24% response rate). The responders were mainly doctors (85.6%), young professionals (<40 years; 53.2%) and males (53.9%). WhatsApp® on smartphones seems to be one of the most preferred ways (~95% responders) of IMAs among the Indian blood bank community. IMAs were mainly used to communicate with the blood centre staff (83%) as well as clinical counter colleagues (68.5%). More than 50% of our responders were members of more than five chat groups dealing with blood bank. IMAs were also used to disseminate knowledge, such as sharing recent guidelines (81%) and research articles (69%).
Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that the blood bank community has embraced the internet-based IMA (mainly WhatsApp) and uses it mainly on their mobile devices.
期刊介绍：
Vox Sanguinis reports on important, novel developments in transfusion medicine. Original papers, reviews and international fora are published on all aspects of blood transfusion and tissue transplantation, comprising five main sections:
1) Transfusion - Transmitted Disease and its Prevention:
Identification and epidemiology of infectious agents transmissible by blood;
Bacterial contamination of blood components;
Donor recruitment and selection methods;
Pathogen inactivation.
2) Blood Component Collection and Production:
Blood collection methods and devices (including apheresis);
Plasma fractionation techniques and plasma derivatives;
Preparation of labile blood components;
Inventory management;
Hematopoietic progenitor cell collection and storage;
Collection and storage of tissues;
Quality management and good manufacturing practice;
Automation and information technology.
3) Transfusion Medicine and New Therapies:
Transfusion thresholds and audits;
Haemovigilance;
Clinical trials regarding appropriate haemotherapy;
Non-infectious adverse affects of transfusion;
Therapeutic apheresis;
Support of transplant patients;
Gene therapy and immunotherapy.
4) Immunohaematology and Immunogenetics:
Autoimmunity in haematology;
Alloimmunity of blood;
Pre-transfusion testing;
Immunodiagnostics;
Immunobiology;
Complement in immunohaematology;
Blood typing reagents;
Genetic markers of blood cells and serum proteins: polymorphisms and function;
Genetic markers and disease;
Parentage testing and forensic immunohaematology.
5) Cellular Therapy:
Cell-based therapies;
Stem cell sources;
Stem cell processing and storage;
Stem cell products;
Stem cell plasticity;
Regenerative medicine with cells;
Cellular immunotherapy;
Molecular therapy;
Gene therapy.
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