National comparative audit of blood transfusion: 2014 audit of transfusion services and practice in children and adults with sickle cell disease.
Sara TrompeterPaula H B Bolton-MaggsKate RyanFarrukh ShahLise J EstcourtGavin ChoDavid ReesDerek LoweBaaba DavisPublished in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2019)
There was a paucity of appropriate clinical management protocols, adequately trained staff and network arrangements. The high numbers of children being transfused, disparity in transfusion modality between children and adults and the high frequency of the CE negative Rh phenotype were noted.