Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hemovigilance Among Resident Doctors at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Pune.

Background: Hemovigilance Programme of India was launched in 2012 with the purpose to identify, analyze and learn the complications associate with blood transfusion and donation. still, in our country reporting of adverse blood transfusion reactions are less. Therefore, the purpose of this study to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of hemovigilance among resident doctors and to scrutinize various causes of under-reporting. Methods: A Crosssectional questionnaire-based study was carried out in B.J.G.M.C. and SGH, Pune among resident doctors. Results: Total 118 resident doctors provided their responses through Google forms. Only 39% of the resident doctors had knowledge of the hemovigilance program and 67.8% were aware about who can report and how to report. About 13.6% resident doctors were aware of Donor vigil and Hemo-vigil software. 98.3% of resident doctors had favourable attitude towards reporting of transfusion reaction and 94.9% agreed that hemovigilance activities should be a part of the undergraduate syllabus. Legal accountability, lack of information, unavailability of time and negative repercussion of reporting transfusion reactions were the main factors that prevented them from reporting. Conclusion: This study reached the conclusion that majority of the resident doctors have a favourable attitude towards reporting of transfusion reaction. Knowledge related to the hemovigilance program was not adequate and the score on practice was not up to the mark. Proper education through CMEs, and seminars on regular basis with active participation by all concerned will improve their outlook towards transfusion reaction reporting.