Quality management in transfusion medicine has the primary goal of providing blood components of the required quality for safe and effective transfusion treatment. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to implement a quality system that incorporates the principles of good practice and quality risk management. An effective quality system should cover all processes in blood supply chain, from blood collection to the use of blood components. Continuous quality monitoring is essential to compare current and expected quality level and to identify opportunities for improvement.

Current Leadership

Nigar Ertuğrul Örüç

Nigar Ertuğrul Örüç

Quality Management Working Party Chair, Medical Director, Blood Transfusion Center of Health Sciences University Dışkapı Yıldırım Bayazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye

Christian Seidl

Christian Seidl

Quality Management Working Party Vice Chair, Vice Medical Director, German Red Cross BDS, Frankfurt, Germany

Tomislav Vuk

Tomislav Vuk

Quality Management Working Party Board member, Head of Department, Croatian Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Lesley Bust

Lesley Bust

Quality Management Working Party Board member, Quality Consultant, African Society for Blood Transfusion (AfSBT), Cape Town, South Africa

Wade Atkins

Wade Atkins

Quality Management Working Party Board member, , QA/RA Specialist at NIH/CC/DTM, NIH/CC/DTM, Bethesda, Maryland, US

Yan Qiu

Yan Qiu

Quality Management Working Party Board member,, Beijing Red Cross Blood Center, Beijing, China