Blood and blood components

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
Z902
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
New Edition
Status:
Proceeding to development
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Scope:

This standard sets forth requirements to maintain and enhance the safety, efficacy, and quality of blood collection, storage, processing, and transfusion. This Standard includes requirements for transfusion services that manage blood products so that procedures are appropriately consistent between the two types of blood-derived materials. For a facility or department that manages blood products but not blood components, such as a hospital pharmacy, the requirements of this Standard may be used as a reference in developing procedures for the management of blood products.

Project need:

To align and update the current standard with Canadian experience and research in transfusion safety, and consideration for new testing technologies.

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