[Regional program to improve the quality of blood transfusions in hospitals: experience of the Poitou-Charentes region].
In the Poitou-Charentes area, a regional pilot program was implemented over a two year-period to improve transfusion safety in public and private hospitals. This program consisted in: (i) an evaluation of the transfusion chain in hospitals; (ii) a regional program to guide hospitals in improving the quality process. Five workgroups were set up. Three persons in each hospital should participate in the workgroup: one representing the administration, one the medical staff and one the nursing staff. After a six months follow-up several hospitals were prompted to implement corrective and preventive measures to improve transfusion safety; (iii) a letter was regularly published to contribute to set-up a regional haemovigilance network. Such a quality improvement program revealed to be a relevant method to steer the changing blood transfusion process in hospitals.
Institut universitaire de santé publique de la faculté de médecine et de pharmacie de Poitiers, 34 avenue du Jardin des Plantes, BP 119, 86005 Poitiers, France. virginie.migeot@univ-poitiers.fr
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D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000592:standards; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D005602:France; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000592:standards; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000592:standards; D012449:Safety