Implementation of a Surveillance System for Transfusion-Transmitted Infections in Cienfuegos

• Published in: MediSur Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 102 - 107
• Main Authors: Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Sara Hernández Malpica, María de Jesús Sánchez Bouza, Nereida Rojo Pérez, Ana Teresa Fariñas Reinoso, María Victoria Noa López
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 01-02-2015
• Subjects: cuba; sistema de vigilancia sanitaria; transfusión sanguínea; transmisión de enfermedad infecciosa
• ISSN: 1727-897X

Background: increasing blood transfusion safety requires a health surveillance system for this activity.
Objective: to describe the actions carried out in Cienfuegos province to effectively and steadily implement a surveillance system for transfusion-transmitted infections.
Methods: a descriptive and documentary study was conducted in the province of Cienfuegos. It included the actions to implement a surveillance system for transfusion-transmitted infections. Document review, interviews and self-administered surveys to experts were used.
Results: new models for data collection were designed. Technologists and nurses from municipal blood collection centers, mobile units and the Provincial Blood Bank were trained. A Newsletter was distributed among the main users of the system, demonstrating its usefulness and quality to analyze and interpret the information related to the events being monitored.
Conclusions: the possibility of implementing the surveillance system with some adjustments was shown, since the province has the organizational strength and resources to fully implement the surveillance system for transfusion-transmitted infections in a short time as the subsystems and pending activities are complemented.