Regional program to improve the quality of blood transfusions in hospitals: experience of the Poitou-Charentes region

In the Poitou-Charentes area, a regional pilot program was implemented over a two year-period to improve transfusion safety in public and private hospitals. This program consisted in: (i) an evaluation of the transfusion chain in hospitals; (ii) a regional program to guide hospitals in improving the...

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Published in:Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Société française de transfusion sanguine 2001-02, Vol.8 (1), p.23
Main Authors: Migeot, V, Aballéa, P, Duédari, N, Besse-Moreau, M, Houssay, D, Ingrand, P
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Blood Specimen Collection - standards
Blood Transfusion - standards
France
Hospitals, Private - standards
Hospitals, Public - standards
Humans
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Control
Regional Health Planning - standards
Safety
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Summary:In the Poitou-Charentes area, a regional pilot program was implemented over a two year-period to improve transfusion safety in public and private hospitals. This program consisted in: (i) an evaluation of the transfusion chain in hospitals; (ii) a regional program to guide hospitals in improving the quality process. Five workgroups were set up. Three persons in each hospital should participate in the workgroup: one representing the administration, one the medical staff and one the nursing staff. After a six months follow-up several hospitals were prompted to implement corrective and preventive measures to improve transfusion safety; (iii) a letter was regularly published to contribute to set-up a regional haemovigilance network. Such a quality improvement program revealed to be a relevant method to steer the changing blood transfusion process in hospitals.
ISSN:1246-7820