Project Report from the year 2010 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, course: Blood Transfusion, language: English, abstract: A total of 27 blood specimen of neonates born at the maternity section of central Hospital Porto Novo by the Rhesus Negative mothers were studied for a period of 12 months. The specimen collection were done within 72 hours of birth, mothers pregnant for the first time without a past history of abortion or transfusion were rejected for the study. Ten (10) blood specimens of the neonates were Rhesus blood group negative and were eliminated from the work whereas the...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, language: English, abstract: In most countries, there are likely to be some laboratories with limited resources, but in economic distressed countries, there are few laboratories with highly trained technologists and sophisticated equipment. In these countries therefore, i t is not unusual for laboratory tests to be carried out by nurses and ordelies in outpatient consulting rooms, corridors and in rural health centres. Understaffing, poor morale, inadequate equipment and erratic supplies of reagents are...

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, Atlantic International University, language: English, abstract: A total of 750 blood samples were collected into the dipotassium - ethylene diaminetetra - acetic acid (EDTA) tubes and BD vacutainer tubes from the population of Porto Novo at random ranging from 2 years to 70 years of age. The ABO blood group systems were tested on the samples by the forward and reverse technique of blood grouping by tube method. A total of 320 individuals were shown to be blood group O (43%), the blood group A were shown...