The aim of transfusion safety is to identify hazards that have caused, are causing or are likely to cause incidents or adverse reactions that have threatened, are threatening or may threaten the health of donors or recipients, in order to eliminate or reduce the associated risks.
Haemovigilance is a component of transfusion safety. It involves, for any donation of blood or blood components and for any labile blood product:
1° The reporting and declaration of any serious incident ;
2° The reporting and declaration of any serious adverse reaction occurring in a blood donor;
3° The reporting and declaration of any adverse reaction occurring in a recipient of labile blood products;
4° The reporting and declaration of post-donation information;
5° The collection, storage and accessibility of information relating to blood donations, the preparation and use of labile blood products and the incidents, effects and information mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° above;
6° The evaluation and use of the reports and declarations mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° above with a view to drawing conclusions from these incidents, effects or information;
7° Carrying out any studies or work relating to incidents or risks of incidents, undesirable effects and post-donation information relating to the aforementioned activities.
It also includes the collection, storage and accessibility of information relating to the epidemiology of blood donors and candidates for scheduled autologous transfusion.