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Campaign at local universityBlood drive at the localuniversityA special campaign was organizedon 11 and 12 April to recruitvoluntary non-remunerated blooddonors at the National Universitymain campus. This drive was ofspecial importance because the148 units collected enabled amuch-needed reserve.National Workshop on theDevelopment of Guidelinesfor the Clinical Use ofBloodIn 1998, the Red Cross BloodTransfusion Service and WHO/PAHO organized a NationalWorkshop on the Development ofPolicies and Guidelines on theClinical Use of Blood. This groupof local clinicians and expertconsultants drafted a NationalPolicy on the subject and furtheridentified the need for clinicalguidelines on the handling andtransfusion of blood components.A second workshop held on 19May made recommendations onhow the guidelines, now available,should be implemented.Other events organized during theyear to respect safe blooddonations included…— a presentation for Ministry ofHealth officials entitled “LegalFramework for the NationalBlood Programme (April)—“The State of Blood Transfusionin Honduras, 1998–1999”a lecture by Drs Vinelli andFernández at the PAHONational Office MonthlyTechnical Meeting (June)— workshop on Quality Control inthe Blood Bank (October). ▲For more information on bloodsafety activities in Honduras,contact:Dr Elizabeth VinelliSecretaryNational Blood Council2a AvenidaEntre 6a y 7a calleComayaguela, D.C.Tel: +504 237 2240/4620/8876Fax: +504 238 0185E-mail: cenasa@datum.hn39 ▲ WORLD HEALTH DAY ▼ SAFE BLOOD STARTS WITH ME