Abstract
Quality management in blood transfusion medicine implies the safetyand risk-management in blood establishments where blood and ⁄ or plasma is collected and blood components are produced, administered and handled, and in hospital departments where these products are used. The efficacy, quality and safety of blood and blood products are subject of on-going concern among the general public, underlining the need for a coherent and evolving range of legal instruments in this field. The implementation of a quality management system is critically important in order to increase the safety of transfusion medicine. It can be seen as complicated and theoretical at first sight, but a deeper review will reveal a number of very practical activities. All activities in blood establishments and in hospitals regarding the safety of transfusion medicine with blood components and blood devices are getting exceedingly complex. The width of this concept implies a great number of different activities and professional participants with different responsibilities, who work mostly at different locations [1,2].
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