Resumen

SILVA BALLESTER, Hilda M; BENCOMO HERNANDEZ, Antonio; DIAZ ALVELO, Bárbara  y  ZANGRONIZ CHIONG, Danae. Hemovigilance of side effects related to blood donation. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.3, pp. 1-18. ISSN 1561-2996.

Blood donation is the livelihood of all blood programs to provide safe blood transfusion for therapeutic use whit the aim to preserve health and human life. It is necessary to pay attention to the safety and quality of this activity, because is an ethical principle to take care of the health of those who, in an altruist manner, give part of themselves in order to benefit others. Although the donation is a safe procedure, occasionally some side effects in donors may occur, many of them can be avoided, and that could have an echo on the donors' health on effect their return to this activity. At the beginning of the 90 ^ths, decade started the Hemovigilance programs in charge of the vigilance, notification and prevention of transfusion and donation side effects, whit the purpose of preventing its recurrence and increase the safety and quality of both procedures. This work carries out and update revision about of donor's reactions in the Hemovigilance.

Palabras clave : Blood donation; complications related to blood donation; hemovigilance.

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