The effectiveness of planned teaching programme (PTP) on knowledge regarding blood donation among non-professional college students

Abstract

Blood is a vital and lifesaving fluid which can neither be manufactured in factories, nor substituted with blood of any other creature. At the same time, blood proves to be a good medium for the growth of any organism because of its nutrients and oxygen, thus gets easily infected. Direct transfusion of large volume of infected blood can lead to transmission of various diseases like hepatitis, syphilis, malaria and HIV. Health care professionals including doctors, nurses and paramedical staffs are the guardians of the community. It is the duty of the entire health care establishments to ensure speedy recovery of their patients by providing quality health care.