WHO events addressing public health priorities : Regional consultation on haemovigilance

摘要

Haemovigilance is a continuous process of data collectionand analysis of transfusion-related adverse events and reactionsin order to investigate their causes and outcomes, andprevent their occurrence or recurrence. A haemovigilancesystem is an integral part of quality management in a bloodsystem and is required for the continual improvement ofthe quality and safety of blood products and the transfusionprocess. The establishment of a haemovigilance systeminvolves all relevant stakeholders and should be coordinatedbetween the national blood programme under the ministry ofhealth, blood services, hospital clinical units and transfusionlaboratories, hospital transfusion committees, professionalbodies, public health institutions, regulatory agencies andother stakeholders.