The Invisible Nursing Work That Sustains Transfusion Safety.

The article focuses on the underrecognized role of nursing leadership and care in haemotherapy and transfusion support, emphasizing their critical contributions to patient and donor safety throughout the blood supply chain. It highlights nursing responsibilities in donor engagement, clinical governa...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 35; no. 8; pp. 3579 - 3581
Main Author: Macedo, Luis Fernando Reis
Format: letter Journal Article
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Aug2026
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        affil: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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          Blood Transfusion Nursing
          Patient Safety
          Leadership
          Nursing Care
          Blood Banks
          Blood Donors
          Blood Donation
          Clinical Governance
          Perioperative Nursing
          Education, Competency-Based
          Clinical Competence
          Implementation Science
      ab: The article focuses on the underrecognized role of nursing leadership and care in haemotherapy and transfusion support, emphasizing their critical contributions to patient and donor safety throughout the blood supply chain. It highlights nursing responsibilities in donor engagement, clinical governance, transfusion safety at the bedside, and intraoperative blood recovery, noting that these roles involve complex clinical judgment and coordination but remain insufficiently described in practice and research. The article calls for enhanced clinical scholarship to clearly define nursing competencies, develop nurse-led interventions, and establish nursing-sensitive safety indicators to improve haemotherapy outcomes. It suggests that increased visibility of nursing contributions could strengthen workforce planning, governance, and innovation in transfusion safety and blood stewardship.
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