Review of haemovigilance at the Rabat Regional Blood Transfusion Centre in Morocco (2017-2021).

Introduction: blood transfusion remains an essential therapeutic intervention, but the occurrence of transfusion reactions makes its administration even more complex. Vigilant reporting of such reactions by recipients of blood products is essential for effective haemovigilance. This study aimed to determine the frequency and nature of transfusion reactions.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continuity of transfusion care for thallasemic patients: a case report.

The COVID-19 pandemic could have a major impact on the capacity of health systems to continue the delivery of essential health service. While health systems around the world are being challenged by increasing demand for care of COVID-19 patients, it is critical to maintain preventive and curative services, especially for the most vulnerable populations such people living with chronic conditions like thallasemics. In this context and since the start of the SARS-CoV-2 health crisis, the National Blood Transfusion Center of Morocco has ranked among its priorities the need to maintain transfusion management for chronic polytransfused patients, particularly those with thalassemia.

Ensuring a safe and adequate blood supply during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Moroccan National Blood Center experience.

At the end of 2019, a new coronavirus was identified in people living in the city of Wuhan in China. Since the appearance of the first cases in Wuhan, the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has spread to the international scale. The COVID-19 pandemic is considered by international scientific societies to have an impact on blood donation and transfusion activities.

Skin flora and bacterial contamination of diversion pouch and recovered platelet components in Moroccan blood donors.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate bacterial reduction procedures used during whole-blood donations in Morocco.

Background: Bacterial contamination still poses serious challenges to blood safety, especially in countries with limited resources.

Methods: In the first part of this study, we analysed 233 swab samples taken from blood donors' antecubital fossa.

[Congenital factor VII deficiency: about two family cases].

Factor VII deficiency is rare, with an estimated prevalence rate of 1/1,000,000. It is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. It can cause simple nosebleeds up to cerebral hemorrhage.

Comprehensive phenotypic and molecular investigation of RhD and RhCE variants in Moroccan blood donors.

Background: To date, more than 650 (weak and partial) Rh variants have been reported. Nature and frequency of these variants are known to be ethnodependent. In transfusion medicine, their identification is important to ensure blood safety.

Human Exposure to Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Two Cities of Northwestern Morocco.

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an emerging tick-borne zoonosis with extensive increased interest. Epidemiological data are available in several regions of the USA, Europe and Asia in contrast to other parts of the world such as North Africa. Blood samples of 261 healthy individuals divided in two groups i.