Safe Blood Starts with Me - libdoc.who.int - World Health Organization
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SAFE BLOOD STARTS WITH ME – BLOOD SAVES LIVES<strong>Me</strong>xicoIntroduction to bloodsafety in <strong>Me</strong>xico<strong>Blood</strong> safety is a priority issue forWHO and for <strong>Me</strong>xico. Last year,the President of the country, DrErnesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, setthe tone in his official remarks byinviting his Secretary of <strong>Health</strong> tojoin him in donating blood, settingan example for all <strong>Me</strong>xicans, andto the great applause of thecongregation. He also announcedthe creation of the annual“Eduardo Liceaga” award forthose <strong>who</strong> devote their lives to aVisit of mobile blood unit to Los Pinos,official residence of the Presidentvaliant health cause. The firstdistinctions were bestowed by thePresident on Drs José NarroSamuel Ponce de León, RaúlCicero Sabido, Jaime KravzovJinich and Antonio Zimbrón Levy.National <strong>Blood</strong> TransfusionCentre (CNTS)The CNTS was set up in 1982 asthe central, executive organ toensures the application oftransfusion medicine andmanagement of blood and bloodproducts in the country. Today,<strong>Me</strong>xico counts 31 State <strong>Blood</strong>Transfusion Centres (CETS) and13 Regional <strong>Blood</strong> Banks. This hasallowed the creation of a usefultracking system of donors and useof blood for the CETS. In 1990, theInterinstitutional Committee of<strong>Blood</strong> Banks and Transfusion<strong>Me</strong>dicine was <strong>int</strong>egrated <strong>with</strong> theCNTS and other health sectorFigure 1. Accepted donors in altruistic blood donationcampaignsbodies, leading also to thecreation of <strong>int</strong>rahospital groups toensure the rational use of blood.Today all the CETS have their ownInterinstitutional Committee of<strong>Blood</strong> Banks and Transfusion<strong>Me</strong>dicine.Although in <strong>Me</strong>xico altrusticdonation does not have the valueit deserves,voluntary, nonremunerateddonations havesteadily increasedeach year througheffective campaigns(see Figure 1).Institute of<strong>Health</strong> of theState of <strong>Me</strong>xicoAccess to safe bloodand its derivativesis not only theresponsibility of the CETS, buteach and every one of us involvedin blood transfusion, especiallyour blood donors. <strong>Health</strong> workersmust seek efficiency and quality,but most of all care of donors andrecipients. <strong>Blood</strong> must be given asif it were to be transfused to ourown family, which implies threecriteria for the donor:40 ▲ WORLD HEALTH DAY ▼ SAFE BLOOD STARTS WITH ME
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