Type and Significance of Transfunded Blood Products.

Background: Blood transfusion is when blood and blood products are given to patients during medical treatment. Nowadays, transfusion centers worldwide constantly face the same challenge: how to provide sufficient quantities of high-quality and safe preparations for each patient at the right time.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the number of transfused patients,the amount and type of blood products in the Polyclinic of Transfusion in the period from 01.

Significance of Detecting Antierythrocyte Antibodies in Pretransfusion Testing.

Background: Transfusion treatment during life, as well as pregnancy in women, can stimulate the sensitization of the person who received blood, which after the transfusion of blood products can result in the occurrence of moderate to very severe posttransfusion reactions.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the specificity and frequency of antierythrocyte antibodies during the pretransfusion treatment of patients depending on the gender, to determine the origin of antibodies in patients serum, as well as to examine their clinical significance.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of documentation was performed in the Department for Pretransfusion Testing, therapy and distribution of blood products, Polyclinic for Transfusion, UKC Tuzla.

Comparison of Jaffe Method and Enzymatic Method at Measuring Serum Creatinine Level, Creatinine Clearance and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate.

Background: Correct measuring of blood and urine creatinine level is necessary for identification and tracking of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Objective: The aim of this study is a comparison of Jaffe and enzymatic methods for measuring creatinine in serum and in urine, in order to determine whether there are any statistical significant differences between them, and whether they are reflected on creatinine clearance calculation and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).

Methods: Creatinine in serum and urine was measured for the group of patients (N=60; female=34, male=26) from 24 to 69 years of age by using Jaffe's method on Dimension RxL biochemical analyzer, and enzymatic method on integrated biochemical and immunochemical analyzer Architect ci8200, and obtained levels are used for creatinine clearance calculation and eGFR.

Seroprevalence of Transmisive Diseases in Healthy Blood Donors: a Five-year Experience in University Clinical Center Tuzla.

Background: The safety of blood products is the most important task of transfusion medicine. Transfusion-transmitted diseases represent a serious public health problem throughout the world, although their percentage of transmission is minimal. Each blood donation is individually tested with serological and molecular tests for the presence of hepatitis B and C viruses, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and Treponema Pallidum, regardless of the number of blood donations.