Seventeen years of haemovigilance in France: assessment and outlook

• Published in: Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine Vol. 18; no. 2; p. 140
• Main Authors: Carlier, M, Vo Mai, M-P, Fauveau, L, Ounnoughene, N, Sandid, I, Renaudier, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 01-04-2011
• Subjects: Acute Lung Injury - epidemiology; Acute Lung Injury - etiology; Benchmarking; Blood Banks - legislation & jurisprudence; Blood Banks - organization & administration; Blood Banks - standards; Blood Donors; Blood Safety - methods; Blood Safety - trends; Blood Transfusion - legislation & jurisprudence; Blood Transfusion - standards; Documentation - standards; European Union - organization & administration; Forecasting; Forms and Records Control; France; Government Agencies - organization & administration; Humans; Interinstitutional Relations; Quality Improvement; Risk Management; Societies, Medical - organization & administration; Transfusion Reaction
• ISSN: 1953-8022
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2011.02.024

Since 1994, the French haemovigilance network has not stopped evolving. Based initially on the reporting of informations and incidents related to recipients, it quickly became interested in the procedures and other activities related to blood component transfusion, in order to improve blood safety. Despite some failures (under reporting, heavy declarative management), the French haemovigilance network is going to continue working on improving blood safety, both at the level of the recipients and the donors, and participate to the global improvement of quality of care.