Abstract
A careful evaluation of the presence of irregular red cell antibodies must be carried out in patients undergoing transfusion therapy1–3. For immunised patients, the availability of donors of rare blood groups and access to banks and international registries enables compatible blood components to be found and assigned correctly even in the most difficult cases. The accreditation of laboratories that provide these services indicates not only fulfilment of the accreditation body's requisites regarding the quality system, structure and organisation, but also those related to the technical and professional capacities of the laboratory and its staff. The requisites on which accreditation is based are technical (warranting satisfactory levels of performance), economic (controlling the appropriateness of the services) and educational (promoting continuous training and exchange of knowledge and experience). Accreditation also facilitates the evaluation and comparison of structures, since the services are delivered and controlled according to internationally recognised models.
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