Regional Blood Transfusion Centers

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The Regional Blood Transfusion Centers Project aims at securing the health benefits of safe blood transfusions (BT) in Vietnam. As such, Regional Blood Transfusion Centers (RBTCs) will be developed at Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue and Can Tho, which should serve provincial and district hospitals as well. The subcomponents include: 1) a voluntary donation recruitment program, based on public education campaigns, and organizing blood collection sessions, focused on retaining donors that meet screening standards. Counseling services for blood donors, and management and administrative services will be financed; 2) a blood bank operations program shall include activities of transporting, testing, processing, and storing collected blood, to later cross-match and dispose the necessary blood to be used at area hospitals. Records management, and information systems will be established, as will quality-assurance management; 3) an effective clinical use of blood program, will assist in the regular operation of hospital BT committees, and on data collection of BT practices, including feedback on comparative data to practitioners, while training on clinical use of blood will be provided; 4) a quality management program will prepare a five year plan (2002-06) to develop BT services, monitor BT operations, conduct epidemiological and clinical studies related to BT medicine, and develop annual assessments of BT services; 5) a RBTC staff development program will recruit, train, and retain core staff, and, the facility and logistics management program will plan, and improve RBTC physical facilities. Resettlement and compensation costs will be financed for affected populations in the Can Tho Province. Assistance will be provided to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion to support technical, operational, and policy matters, as well as for capacity building inputs.

FY17 - Health

World Bank Group

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