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Bridge – The work on applying modern
scientific and technical innovations to renovate the blood transfusion,
producing and standardizing blood products used for treating diseases, has won
the state prize in science and technology.
This is
an innovative work with important technological renovations that helps develop
the blood transfusion services, make blood products, thus helping
comprehensively change the blood transfusion in Vietnam.
The “revolution” in the blood transfusion
Prior
to 1993, Vietnam faced big great challenges: while the blood demand for
emergency cases, treating patients in disasters and reserving for national
security and defense increased sharply, the blood supply was modest.
At that
time, 90 percent of blood donors were paid donors. In many cases, the blood
from the donors could not satisfy the quality requirements, while there was no
blood storage equipment. Meanwhile, infectious diseases spread out rapidly
among the community, thus threatening the blood transfusion safety.
In
1994, a research team of the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood
Transfusion, Bach Mai Hospital and the Hanoi Medical University, proposed to
carry out a research on making blood products with the aim to increase the
units of blood transfused, improve the quality, safety and blood transfusion
efficiency.
Professor
Dr Do Trung Phan, head of the research team, said that in 1994, the researchers
step by step carried out the research, exploration and production some certain
components of blood. After that, 1995-1999 was the period for trial production.
In late 2000, the State’s Scientific Council under the Ministry of Science,
Technology and the Environment, now the Ministry of Science and Technology,
approved the project on producing and standardizing blood products which can
meet international standards for disease treatment.
After
10 years of implementing the project, in 1994-2004, the scientists also
successfully kicked off the blood donation movement and recruitment of voluntary
blood donors. They also helped change the view that donating blood harms to the
health.
The
movement has been growing rapidly in a sustainable manner, with the volunteer
blood donors increased from 0 percent to 65 percent, and the repeated blood
donors (who are considered the safest blood suppliers) reached 35 percent.
The
project led to the reforming of the blood collection process, replacing the use
of bottled blood system (open procedure) with plastic bag (closed process)
which allows reducing the risk of infection in the blood collection.
To
develop the new process, the researchers themselves tried to make chairs
serving the blood connection, made blood bag shaking machines for all blood
collection units nationwide. This initiative helped save hundreds of millions
of dong which has been awarded the certificates of merit by the General Labor
Confederation of Vietnam.
As
such, the scientists spent 10 years for significant research work. Most
importantly, it laid a firm foundation for the development of blood transfusion
centers throughout the country, helps improve the treatment quality, and
increasing the confidence of people’s in the healthcare system.
Especially,
the project has helped train the staff of officers with high qualification,
successfully building the 10 year plan to develop and modernize the blood
transfusion in Vietnam in 2001-2010 approved by the Prime Minister in 2001.
In
order to implement the plan, four regional blood banks and four blood
transfusion centers were built in Hanoi, Hue, HCM City, Can Tho which would
serve as the foundation for the sustainable development of the blood
transfusion throughout the country.
Source:
Lao dong
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