[Perioperative blood management in Jehova's Witnesses].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Jehova's Witnesses refuse the administration of allogenic blood products for religious reasons. This stance represents a special challenge for the perioperative management and requires individualized ethically sensitive and medically founded strategies. In this respect patient blood management (PBM) provides a structured and evidence-based approach for optimization of the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care.

Objective

Description of the current medical, ethical and legal procedure for the management of patients who refuse blood transfusions exemplified by Jehova's Witnesses and presentation of a standardized clarification model.

Material and methods

Narrative overview of current recommendations and guidelines on preoperative treatment of ane

SUBMITTER: Piekarski F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12804271 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature