Review Article
Year: 2017 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 310-315
Haemovigilance in India - A Milestone in Transfusion Safety
P. K. Sreekumar1, T. M. Pramod Kumar2, G. Partha Sarathi2, Debasish Gupta3, Pallavi4
1Office of the Assistant Drugs Controller, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 035, Kerala, India
2Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara University, Mysore – 570 015, Karnataka, India
3Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram –695011, Kerala, India.
4JSS Hospital, Mysore - 570 004, Karnataka, India
Corresponding Author: P. K. Sreekumar
ABSTRACT
Blood transfusion plays an important role in the improvement of health and saves many lives. Haemovigilance system is the programme which ensures the transfusion safety by monitoring every step of transfusion process from donor to recipient. The ultimate object of haemovigilance system is improving the quality and safety of transfusion therapy. This article briefly describes about the haemovigilance programme of India.
Key words: Transfusion safety, Haemovigilance, Haemovigilance in India.