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[Guidelines for blood transfusion teaching to medical laboratory technology students]
P Moncharmont1, M Tourlourat, C Fourcade
1Établissement français du sang Rhône-Alpes, site de Lyon-Gerland, 1-3, rue du Vercors, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France.
Purpose Of The Study:
The new French law about clinical laboratory medicine, the requirements of the ISO/CEI 15189 standard, the numerous abilities expected from the medical laboratory technologists and their involvement in blood bank management has led the working group "Recherche et démarche qualité" of the French Society of Blood Transfusion to initiate an inventory of blood transfusion teaching syllabus for medical laboratory technology students and to propose transfusion medicine teaching guidelines.
Material And Methods:
Seven worksheets have been established for that purpose including red blood cell antigen typing and antibody screening, blood sampling in immunohaematology, automation, clinical practices, blood products, blood delivery and haemovigilance.
Results:
These guidelines aim at contributing to the harmonization of transfusion medicine teaching and at providing objective elements to the medical laboratory managers regarding the practical and theoretical skills of theirs collaborators.
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