Consent for transfusion: global practices, documentation and patient understanding - a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient involvement in healthcare has become increasingly important, not only as an expression of respect for autonomy but also as a means of empowering individuals to safeguard their care. In blood transfusion, informed consent is a critical tool for shared decision-making. This protocol outlines a scoping review to map how transfusion consent processes and forms are used globally and to characterise their key features. We aim to identify technologies used to obtain consent, evaluate compliance with international recommendations, describe practices in special populations and examine patients' and families' understanding of the consent process.

Methods and analysis

Following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, we will search PubMed, Embase, LILACS, Web of S

SUBMITTER: Pereira VC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12557777 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature