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Therefore, there was a need to assess the local clinical transfusion practice. Patients' hospital files were studied for evidence of blood transfusions in 2008. All five wards were reviewed and details on the transfusion process were recorded. A total of 1730 patients (median age, 19\u00b70 years; range, 1 day to 88 years; female\u2010to\u2010male ratio, 1\u00b74), for whom blood was cross\u2010matched, were studied. Of these, 1674 (96\u00b78%) patients actually received transfusions, which were as whole blood in 58\u00b74% of recipients. The mean number of units per recipient was 1\u00b77 and the cross\u2010match\u2010to\u2010transfusion ratio was 1\u00b73. The three most frequent indications for transfusion were malaria (38\u00b78%), bleeding (27\u00b71%) and other infections (16\u00b71%). 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