BLOOD-TRANSFUSION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

Administrating safe blood products and being able to produce the evide nce of procedures correctly employed, is today vital for healthcare pr ofessionals. Industrial quality assurance is an appropriate answer to this problem. Indeed, this approach allows the mastering of a processi ng system thanks to the combination of three elements: a detailed desc ription of processes, control mechanisms and corrective measures. It r elies on an information system and must be applied to all steps of blo od transfusion.