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Haemovigilance - Roles and Global Status in Transfusion Safety: a Review

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Blood transfusion plays a key role in improving health and saves many lives.Haemovigilance system is the programme which ensures the transfusion safety by monitoring every step of transfusion process from donor to recipient.This system mainly focused on collection and analysis of data concerned with adverse events/reactions related with transfusion of blood or its components with the aim of identifying their causes and outcomes and prevents their occurrence or recurrence.Thus the ultimate object of haemovigilance system is improving the quality and safety of transfusion therapy.

Source: International Research Journal of Pharmacy

DOI: 10.7897/2230-8407.0712137

Authors: P K Sreekumar, T M Pramod Kumar, G Partha Sarathi, Debasish Gupta, Pallavi .

Institutions: Government of Kerala, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Blood donation and transfusion practices

Subfield: Hematology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2569695964

FWCI: 0.826

Cites: 6

Cited by: 6

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