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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF MALAYSIAN PATIENT SAFETY GOALS
& KPIs

Patient Safety To ensure the safety of transfusion of blood and

Goal No 6 blood products

Rationale The need to ensure the provision of universal

access to safe, quality and efficacious blood and
blood products for transfusion, their safe and
appropriate use and also ensuring blood donor and

patient safety are key elements of a safe and high
quality transfusion programme

Strategies & 1. To ensure that the use of blood and blood
Implementation products adhere to the National Transfusion
Guidelines

2. A local hemo-vigilance programme is
developed

Definitions Transfusion error: Wrong pack of blood or its
product for the intended patient is given

“Near miss”: transfusion error that almost occurs

but was prevented/ intervened resulting in no
harm

KPI No. 9 Number of Transfusion Errors (“Actual”)

Target Zero (0) cases

KPI No. 10 Number of Transfusion Errors (“Near Misses”)

Target To be determined later pending national data

analysis and trending

Data Collection at Monthly

Facility Level

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