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Mathematics and transfusion medicine - Blood Transfusion

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eported by other countries, it could be concluded thatthe organisation of the Italian <strong>transfusion</strong> system isbetter able to guarantee the correct identification ofpatients/units of blood components.AcknowledgementsWe thank the CRCC that participated in thenational haemovigilance system <strong>and</strong>, in particular, allthe <strong>Transfusion</strong> Structures that used the PETRAsoftware.We also thank Dr. Roberto Baroni for his preciouscontribution in st<strong>and</strong>ardising <strong>and</strong> analysing the clinicaldata.References1) Rebibo D, Hauser L, Slimani A, et al. The Frenchhaemovigilance system: organization <strong>and</strong> results for2003. Transfus Apher Sci 2004; 31: 145-53.2) Stainsby D, Jones H, Asher D, et al. Serious hazards of<strong>transfusion</strong>: a decade of hemovigilance in the UK.Transfus Med Rev 2006; 20: 273-82.3) Directive n. 98/2002 of the European Parliament <strong>and</strong>the Council of Europe, 27 January 2003, OfficialGazzette of the European Union L 33/30 of 08/02/2003.4) Andreu G, Morel P, Forestier F, et al. Hemovigilancenetwork in France: organization <strong>and</strong> analysis ofimmediate <strong>transfusion</strong> incident reports from 1994 to1998. <strong>Transfusion</strong> 2002; 42: 1356-64.5) Grazzini G, Hassan HJ, Aprili G. Haemovigilance.International Forum. Vox Sang 2006; 90: 207-41.6) Ministerial Decree, 1 March 2000. Adozione del progettorelativo al piano nazionale sangue e plasma per iltriennio 1999-2001. Ordinary supplement n. 52 to theGazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana – Generalseries n. 73 of 28 March 2000.7) Legislative Decree 19 August 2005. Attuazione dellaDirettiva 98/2002 che stabilisce norme di qualità e disicurezza per la raccolta, il controllo, la lavorazione, laconservazione e la distribuzione del sangue umano e deisuoi componenti. Gazzetta Ufficiale della RepubblicaItaliana – General series n. 221 of 22/09/2005.8) Piccinini V, Vulcano F, Catalano L, et al. Sorveglianzadelle malattie infettive trasmissibili con la trasfusione(SMITT) nell'anno 2004. Notiziario ISS 2006; 19: 11-7.9) Gonzalez M, Règine V, Piccinini V, et al. Residual riskof <strong>transfusion</strong>-transmitted human immunodeficiencyvirus, hepatitis C virus, <strong>and</strong> hepatitis B virus infectionsin Italy. <strong>Transfusion</strong> 2005; 45: 1670-6.10) Velati C, Fomiatti L, Baruffi L, et al. Impact of nucleicacid amplification technology (NAT) in Italy in the threeyears following implementation (2001-2003).EuroSurveill 2005; 10: 12-4.11) Hassan HJ. Towards haemovigilance. <strong>Blood</strong><strong>Transfusion</strong> 2004; 2, 155-9.12) Piccinini V, Abbonizio F, Catalano L, et al. Mappa delleStrutture Trasfusionali esistenti sul territorio nazionale(aggiornamento 2005). Notiziario ISS - Strumenti diRiferimento. 2006; 03 (S1): 1-75.13) Ministerial Decree 3 March 2005. Caratteristiche emodalità per la donazione del sangue e diemocomponenti. Gazzetta Ufficiale della RepubblicaItaliana – General Series n. 85 of 13/04/2005.14) Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers.Recommendation N. R(95) 15. Preparation, use <strong>and</strong>guarantee of the quality of blood components. Adoptedby the Committee of Ministers on 12 October 1995 atthe 545 th Meeting (issued 10 June 1996)15) Catalano L, Abbonizio F, Giampaolo A, et al. Registronazionale e regionale del sangue e del plasma. Rapporto2005. Rapporti ISTISAN 2006; 06 (30).Received: 10 January 2007 – Accepted: 24 April 2007Correspondence: Dr. Hamisa Jane HassanReparto di Metodologie TrasfusionaliDipartimento di Ematologia, Oncologia e Medicina MolecolareIstituto Superiore di SanitàViale Regina Elena, 299 - 00161 Roma - Italye-mail: j.hassan@iss.it74<strong>Blood</strong> Transfus 2007; 5: 66-74 DOI 10.2450/2007.0001-07066-074_hassan.p65 7405/07/2007, 11.05

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