For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply
1° Adverse reaction: a harmful reaction in donors associated or possibly associated with the collection of blood or in recipients associated or possibly associated with the administration of a labile blood product;
2° Serious adverse reaction: an adverse reaction resulting in death or life-threatening, disabling or incapacitating, or causing or prolonging hospitalisation or any other morbid condition;
3° Incident : an incident related to blood sampling, the biological qualification of the donation, the preparation, storage, transport, distribution, issue, performance of pre-transfusion tests or the use of labile blood products, the delay or absence of their transfusion, due to an accident or error, likely to affect the safety or quality of these products and lead to adverse reactions; malfunctions associated with information systems and patient identification are also incidents when they are likely to affect the safety or quality of products and lead to adverse reactions;
4° Serious incident: an incident likely to lead to serious adverse reactions;
5° Post-donation information: information concerning the donor or the donation, discovered after a donation and likely to compromise the quality or safety of blood products from this donation or previous donations.