From: Demographic characteristics of blood and blood components transfusion recipients and pattern of blood utilization in a tertiary health institution in southern Nigeria
Broad Hospital section
Blood component
Whole blood (%)
Packed cell (%)
Plasma (%)
Pediatrics
82 (5.01)
71 (15.20)
25 (10.73)
Surgery
295 (18.03)
8 (1.71)
14 (6.01)
O & G
947 (57.89)
14 (3.00)
6 (2.57)
Medicine
312 (19.09)
374 (80.09)
188 (80.69)