Özet:

As a result of the World Health Organization’s “Safe Blood Begins With Me” slogan, the understanding of quality in blood banking and transfusion medicine has begun to become clearer. In our country, with the "Safe Blood Supply Project" the quality work in transfusion medicine has gained speed. The quality for blood service units has become part of the safe blood supply process, exceeding the concept of "writing what you do, do what you write". The understanding of the quality management system has made its existence feel more intense, for blood service units, the need for the positive contribution of the quality management system to be expressed by concrete indicators. The monitoring of the processes in the transfusion medicine with the quality indicators to be created can be targeted concrete evidence. The quality indicators are also important to evaluate and compare the performance of blood service units. At national and international level, there are various studies aimed at creating quality indicators in transphusion medicine. However, in these studies, quality indicators, especially for transfusion centers, have been very little mentioned. There are no standardized quality indicators for transfusion centers at national level. In our article, we assessed the deficiencies felt in the quality indicators in the blood banking and transfusion medicine in Turkey. We have developed sample quality indicators by taking advantage of international and national studies. With more comprehensive studies in the upcoming process, we are hoping that standardized blood banking and transfusion medicine quality indicators will be created, approved by the authority.

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