Clinical Immunology - Blood Bank

Scope of Care
To provide hospitals with all aspects of blood transfusion services incl. delivery of blood component of high international standards all the 24 hours

• Handling of blood donors and blood donation
• Testing of blood
• Fractionation of blood and production of blood and stem cells components
• Medicall counseling concerning haemotherapy (vy M:D:-specialists in tranf. Medicine)
• Relevant blood group serology incl. investigations of complications.
• Guidelines concerning administration of blood and blood components
• Antenatal blood group serology
• Running of transfusioin committees
• Harvest and handling of stem cells and donors for stem cell transplantation.

Identified High Risk Areas with underlined clinical guidelines
Proper identification of patients in the wards before administration of blood components (compliance with guidelines)

Staff in total
136

List quality-improvement projects/initiatives
Participation in ongoing comprehensive external profiency and quality control trials for blood group serology and detection of viral markers (UK, Nederlands, Sweden)

• Implementation of internal compliance programme (varians report system)
• Implementation of bacteriological control of all platelet products
• Implementation of programme for adequate of blood usage through transfusion committées