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The World Health Organizaiton (WHO) is grateful to you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire, which has been developed in collaboration with colleagues in the United Kingdom: National Health Service Blood and Transplant and National External Quality Assurance Service.  The survey gathers information on the laboratory diagnosis of anaemia and some other aspects of laboratory haematology practice.
For any further information or clarification, please contact _____.
All the information you provide will be held in confidence and in accordance with data protection legislation. 
The questionnaire should only take 5-10 minutes of your time.
With best regards,
 ____
 
 
 
* What is name of your hospital / organisation?
   
* Which of the following best describes your laboratory:
- Teaching Hospital laboratory
- District General Hospital laboratory
- Satellite laboratory
- Private laboratory
- Other (please specify)
   
* In which country is your laboratory based?
   
 
 
 
* When reporting Hb concentration for the purposes of screening for or monitoring anaemia, does your laboratory (or institution) routinely provide a reference range with the result?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Unsure
 
We do not report Hb concentrations for the purpose of screening for anaemia
 
 
 
* Please consider whether your laboratory (or institution) quotes a single or multiple Hb thresholds for different patient groups to define the lower or upper limit of the reference range. Which of the following best fits your laboratory practice
 
No range is provided
 
One single range is provided for all patients
 
We have separate ranges based on different patient groups
 
 
 
If you have a SINGLE Hb reference range for all patient groups:

The lower bound is:
   
The upper bound is:
   
 
 
 
If you have different Hb ranges for different population subgroups, what is the range (in g/L) you use for:

Males (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
Pre-menopausal females (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
Post-menopausal females (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
Pregnant females (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
Adults overall (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
Infants <12 months old (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
Young children, 1 - 5 years old (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
Older children, 5 - 13 years old (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
Elderly (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
​​​​​​​Other (if you don't specify this, please write N/A)
   
 
 
 
If you have separate Hb reference ranges for patients of different ethnic groups, please provide the group and range (in g/L) below:
   
 
 
 
What is the source of the reference ranges provided by your laboratory?  Please select all that apply.
 
From values suggested by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
 
From an external study or journal article. If so, please specify which study/article in the 'other' section below
 
From a textbook. If so, please specify which text in the 'other' section below
 
Self-determined by your laboratory based on the haemoglobin values you estimated from your patient population
 
Self-determined by your laboratory based on a study you participated in or ran
 
Unsure
 
Other
 

 
 
 
How many Hb or full blood count assays did your laboratory or institution perform in the previous seven (7) days?
   
 
 
 
* The haemoglobin thresholds used to define anaemia and recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) were proposed in 1968. Have you had concerns about the accuracy or applicability of these ranges to your current patient population?
 
Yes, I have concerns
 
No, I do not have concerns
 
I have not considered this
 
I am unsure