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2. Cord Blood activities as shown in Table 11

Table 11
Cord Blood Procedures and Activities 2017
No Procedures and Activities Total
1. Total number of bankable cord blood 568
2. Total number of HLA typing done
a) SSO and SSP 1,010
b) SBT 11
c) HLA antibody 14
3. Total number of stem cell search done by NSCCC 320
4. Total number of cord blood transplant 2
Source: Pusat Darah Negara 2017

3. Organized National Surveillance. From the surveillance, 26 cases found to be incorrect blood
component transfusion.
4. Training at national level:
a. Patient Blood Management Conference in October 2017 in Sabah
b. Patient Safety on the Lab perspective, May & August 2017 in Sarawak
c. Kursus Pemantapan Perolehan Darah Di Tabung Darah Seluruh Negara, October 2017 in
National Blood Centre.

Achievements:
1. National Blood Transfusion Committee Meeting (NTBC) was held on 4 April 2017. This National
committee is led by the Director of Medical Development Division. The members are Directors of the
Division of Medical Practice, Nursing, Allied Health Sciences, Head of Services and Transfusionist
form the National Blood Centre and States Transfusion Medicine experts.
2. World Blood Donor Day celebration with Selangor as the host in August 2017 and was officiated
by YB Health Minister.

MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION

1. Housemanship Programme
Housemanship Training Programme is a period of apprenticeship for 2 years which consisted of 6
postings before medical graduates are given Full Registration to practice independently as medical
doctors. The Medical Qualifying Committee (MQC) which is established under jurisdiction of the
Medical Act 1971 (Amendments 2012) is the highestlevel committee that is responsible to oversee
housemanship training programme. Modified Flexi Working Hour System 2014 is improved to give a
balance working duration. e-Houseman online system was introduced in March 2015 for placement of
new housemanship officer (Table 12). There are 46 Housemanship Training Hospitals with Kuala Lipis
Hospitalis expected to be a housemanship training centres in year 2018 (Table 13). In Budget 2017
presentation, the Government had announced appointment of contract housemanship officer. Ministry

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