Linda S. Barnes: Walking Blood Banks as a Lifeline in Blood-Desert Regions
Linda S. Barnes, Advanced Therapies Certified and Innovative Thought Leader, shared on LinkedIn:
”A walking blood bank for emergency transfusion that uses rapid diagnostic testing may serve as a feasible and safe stopgap measure to address hemorrhagic shock and severe anemia in the world’s blood deserts.”
Thank you to my co-authors, informants, and stakeholders who generated the data supporting this important conclusion for our study in Lodwar, Kenya.”
Title: The local initiative for emergency blood (LIFE-blood) study: A mixed-methods, single-center exploration of civilian walking blood bank need, feasibility, and safety in a low-resource blood desert
Authors: Nakul Raykar, Tecla Chelagat, Linda S. Barnes, Nikathan Kumar, Vanitha Raguveer, Cindy Makanga, Abdirahman Musa, Wendy Williams, Gilchrist Lokoel, Stephen Omondi Onyango, Edward Mutebi, Epem Esekon, Andrew P. Cap, Meghan Delaney, Marisa del Signore, Tanujit Dey, Saksham Gupta, Pratap Kumar, Shreenik Kundu, Fleming Mathew, Juan Carlos Puyana, Nobhojit Roy, Riya Sawhney, Elizabeth Stoeger, Neil Thivalapill, Avery A. Thompson, Alejandro Munoz Valencia, Caroline Wesonga Wangamati
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