[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.
Migeot
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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
Aballéa
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P
Duédari
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N
Besse-Moreau
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M
Houssay
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D
Ingrand
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P
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