Results of seven tasks completed by the Korean Blood Safety Project Group for services in blood centers
| Task name (principal investigator) | Task results [paper reference of related task] | Year (2012∼2021) | Purpose | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |||
| Training programs for the blood center accreditation inspectors (Kim HO, Um TH) | Held annual training for the blood center accreditation inspectors | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | Training | ||||
| Training programs for employees in hospital blood centers (Kim HO, Um TH) | Published a paper [1]. Held annual training for hospital blood center employees in each region | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | Training | ||||
| External proficiency program (PT) for blood screening tests: HBsAg and anti-HCV (Cha YJ) | Published a paper [2]. Operated an annual PT testing program for HBsAg and anti-HCV using specialized six panels. Held annual PT workshops*, including the results of the PT | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | External proficiency testing | |
| External PT program for blood screening tests: ABO and RhD typing (Lim YA) | Published three papers [3-5]. Operated an annual PT program for ABO subgroup and RhD variants using three panels. Held PT annual workshops*, including the results of the PT | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | External proficiency testing | |||||
| Donor hemovigilance system (Kim HO, Lim YA) | Developed guidelines on the criteria for classification and symptom level of post-donation symptoms for monitoring adverse reactions after blood donation in Korea | ■ | ■ | ■ | Registration & monitoring | |||||||
| Counseling program on newly confirmed anti-HTLV positive donors (Cha YJ) | Produced leaflets for HTLV-infected individuals. Published HTLV consultation guidelines | ■ | Guideline | |||||||||
| Project on the improvement and direction of blood management (BM) service (Kim HO) | Proposed amendments to the Korean Blood Management Act. Prepared the first revision of the standard operating procedure for BM service. Revised the checklist on BM service for blood center accreditation | ■ | Guideline and others | |||||||||
*Changed to integrated Korean Blood Safety Project workshops since 2020.
Abbreviations: HBsAg, Hepatitis B surface antigen; anti-HCV, antibodies to hepatitis C virus; HTLV, Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1.