Blood safety and donation knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP) among 1st year medical students at LMDC,Lahore

Aim: to assess the knowledge,attitude and practice about blood safety and donation. study design: cross sectional analytical study. place of study: lahore medical and dental college. methodology: a closed ended questionnaire consisting of questions to evaluate the knowledge regarding blood safety and donation,attitude and perception of the medical students was duly filled by 142 students of first year mbbs. the data were entered and analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (spss) software version 20. results: out of 142 students77.5% intended to donate blood in future,but only 66.9% had ever donated blood and out of which,18.3% of donors were first timers. knowledge on blood safety and donation was significantly associated with blood donation status. conclusion: not much of the medical students under study had adequate knowledge on blood safety and donation and the main reason they gave for low donation was that people have fear in donating blood.