title: Movement toward international harmonisation. Activities of the WHO, GCBS and Council of Europe.
abstract: The World Health Organisation, Global Collaboration for Blood Safety and the Council of Europe cannot harmonise by binding regulation, but they can bring important matters to discussion. They can also give guidelines and recommendations, and work out resolutions for national ratification. All this and also the networks created by these organisations are important in improving blood safety and harmonising the policy and practices in the field of transfusion medicine.
authors.affiliation: Finnish Red Cross, Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland. jukka.koistinen@bts.redcross.fi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koistinen
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D005060:Europe; D007391:International Cooperation; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014944:World Health Organization