Preparing your blood centre for accreditation

Despite advance in medical treatment, blood supply is still an essential element in modern healthcare system with blood transfusion used in almost every clinical specialty. Adequacy, quality and safety are always the key focuses of concerns in most countries that measures have been taken to secure them. As in many other healthcare facilities, many countries have on its legislation to license the operation of blood centres (whether they are national, Red Cross or hospitals based) to provide the blood supply for clinical transfusion. The licensing requirement is based on their national health policy and law. Besides, like hospitals and clinical laboratories, many blood centres may also seek to achieve accreditation to demonstrate to their stakeholders of their commitment to ensure quality and safety. Such accreditation may vary from technical requirements related to medical laboratory testing as ISO15189, professional related such as AABB to good manufacturing practice. Irrespective to the type and sources of accreditation, a superior quality management system is often necessary to provide the foundation to meet the accreditation's requirement with ongoing improvement. The study aimed to describe on the preparation of a blood centre towards accreditation. Few key elements will be outlined which include the top management commitment, selection of the right accreditation standard, training of the key personnel and organizational staff, gap analysis, documentation and change in pr...
Source: ISBT Science Series - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Congress Review Source Type: research