title: [Transfusion safety and hemosurveillance].
abstract: In order to improve the safety of blood transfusion, it is necessary to make a broader examination of quality and risk throughout the transfusion process, from the pre-donation stage to the outcome of recipients. The need for a haemovigilance system as an additional safety mechanism for blood transfusion is pointed out.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Imuno-hemoterapia, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Carnaxide.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Romeiras
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D001793:Blood Preservation; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission