title: Development of standard definitions for surveillance of complications related to blood donation.
abstract: Standard definitions of donor reactions allow each blood establishment to monitor donor adverse events and compare with other organizations to develop best practices. The ISBT Haemovigilance Working Party leads a multi-organizational effort to update the 2008 ISBT standard for surveillance of complications related to blood donation. Revised definitions have been developed and endorsed by the ISBT, AABB, International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) and other international organizations.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.affiliation: Blood Systems Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Land
authors.affiliation: Héma-Québec, Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robillard
authors.affiliation: Dutch National Hemovigilance Office, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wiersum-Osselton
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058731:Blood Safety / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012955:Societies, Medical; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D065227:Transfusion Reaction / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: blood collection; donor health; haemovigilance