Europese projecten voor transplantatie en bloedtransfusie (en)
04 November 2013
The brochure "Transplantation and Transfusion: Projects and Actions for saving and improving the quality of life of citizens by facilitating transplantation and blood transfusion in the European Union" is now available in electronic format.
Since 2003, about 50 projects and other activities have been funded by the European Union in the area of transplantation and transfusion, in the framework of the EU health and research framework programmes and other European funding schemes.
These projects and activities include exchanges of best practice, standards for inspections, manuals and registers as well as training workshops. Most of them directly contributed to the implementation and transposition of the three major directives in the field of substances of human origin (SoHO), namely: (1) Directive 2002/98/EC on ‘setting standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human blood and blood components’; (2) Directive 2004/23/EC on ‘setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells’; and (3) Directive 2010/45/EU on ‘standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation’.
This brochure introduces each project with a short summary and provides descriptions of their major outputs. It aims to give an overview as comprehensive as possible and to provide references for later in-depth reading. It furthermore aims to illustrate how the outcomes of the projects presented shape the safety of patients, medical professionals and donors in Europe. Projects were selected according to their contribution to the implementation of the abovementioned directives and were not restricted to a particular funding scheme.
The publication has three sections, according to the projects’ contribution to the implementation of the directives: projects in the area of blood and blood components (red background); projects in the area of human tissues and cells for transplantation (blue background); and projects in the area of organ donation and transplantation (orange background).
Projects have been summarised by means of desk research. In addition, interviews were conducted with project coordinators and participants. The main outputs are represented in graphical form and an information box has been provided for each project, giving references for further reading. This approach is intended to bring an ‘outside’ perspective on the projects and activities and to let the brochure serve as an overview for reference purposes.