Haemovigilance

Initial Australian Haemovigilance Report - 26 February 2008

The Initial Australian Haemovigilance Report (2008) is the first Australian report on transfusion safety. It has been developed by the National Blood Authority in conjunction with the Haemovigilance Project Working Group (HPWG), and describes adverse transfusion events reported in a number of States and Territories over the past three-to-five years.

Australian blood and blood products are very safe by world standards. There are stringent governance arrangements covering all aspects of donor selection, collection, processing, storage and delivery of blood. The report originates from a need to identify and understand the nature and aetiology of transfusion errors and reactions.

The data in the report, although preliminary, indicates that the types and level of transfusion errors reported are not inconsistent with the international experience.

Data within the report should be read and interpreted with caution. With the exception of data originating from the Serious Transfusion Incident Reporting (STIR), all Australian data has been sourced from state-based healthcare reporting systems that are not specifically transfusion-focused. As a result, we cannot be sure of either the accuracy or quality of the data.

Importantly, all States and Territories are actively working through their Departments of Health and hospital-based Quality Units to identify and reduce all levels of adverse patient outcomes.

Frequently Asked Questions have been developed to accompany the Report.

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