Quality and safety measures in transfusion practice: The experience of eight southern/eastern Mediterranean countries.

Background And Objectives: Blood transfusion is inherently associated with risks, and little is known regarding the available quality and safety measures in developing countries. No studies or census has been carried out, and therefore, no data on this compelling issue are available.

Materials And Methods: Data emanating from eight Arabic eastern/southern Mediterranean countries who responded to five surveys were collected and tabulated.

How to manage transfusion systems in developing countries: The Experience of Eastern and Southern Mediterranean countries.

Objectives: To outline and analyse the national organisation, infrastructure and management of transfusion systems in countries sharing common historical, cultural and economic features and to decipher management trends, in order to potentially benchmark.

Background: Little is known regarding transfusion systems in Eastern/southern Mediterranean at a time international organisations are calling for the establishment of a safe and sustainable blood system.

Materials And Methods: Data emanating from eight Arabic-speaking Eastern/Southern Mediterranean countries who responded to five surveys were collected and tabulated.