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Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 3(7), p. e34201, 2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034201

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Impact of Inconsistent Policies for Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria on Clinical Practice in Ghana

Journal article published in 2012 by Alex K. Owusu Ofori, Imelda Bates ORCID
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Abstract

Policies concerning the prevention of transfusion transmitted malaria (TTM) are the responsibility of blood transfusion services and malaria control programmes. To prevent spreading drug resistance due to over-use of malaria drugs, recent malaria treatment guidelines recommend prompt parasitological confirmation before treatment is started. In contrast, blood safety policies from the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommend presumptive malaria treatment for recipients of blood in endemic countries but evidence supporting this approach is lacking. Our study documented how these conflicting policies relating to malaria transmission through blood transfusion impact on clinical practice in a teaching hospital in West Africa.