Interní Med. 2007; 9(11): 495-498

Risks associated with blood transfusions

MUDr. Dana Galuszková1,2
1 Klinika chorob vnitřních II, Ústav patologické anatomie a
2 Neurologická klinika FN a LF UP Olomouc

Transfusion medicine is essential partner to many clinical branches in care about their patients. Haemotherapy is still associated with potential health risks despite of continuous development in diagnostic procedures and technologies in processing and storage of blood. Blood transfusion complications can be divided according to different diagrams and criteria. Transfusion-related events can have character of transfusion reactions, transfusion errors and near-miss events. Systematic recording and analysis of these events is called haemovigilance. It is up-to-date Czech health service target to build up functional national haemovigilance system in harmony with European legislative which will be part of European Haemovigilance Network.

Keywords: transfusion complications, classification, haemovigilance, transfusion-related event, transfusion reaction, transfusion error, near-miss event, reporting transfusion complications

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