Board certification of medical doctors and medical technologists in transfusion medicine in Japan.
The Japan Society of Blood Transfusion (JSBT) organized a Board for certification of medical doctors in Transfusion Medicine (Board certified medical doctors by the JSBT) and a Board for certification of medical technologists for transfusion medicine (qualified medical technologists in Transfusion Medicine). For certified medical doctors the JSBT co-ordinated with the Japanese Association of Medical Science and with the Japan Medical Association, and for qualified medical technologists the JSBT co-organized with the Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine, the Japanese Association of Medical Technologist and the College of Clinical Pathology of Japan. By May 2001, 259 of the certified medical doctors and 875 of the qualified medical technologists have been certified and are participating actively to increase the level of transfusion practice at individual facilities.
Division of Blood Transfusion, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba-Prefecture, Chiba-City, Japan. asaitaka@ho.chiba-u.ac.jp
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D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D002568:Certification; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000592:standards; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D000078329:Workforce