VIGILANCE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

VISTART (Vigilance and Inspection for the Safety of Transfusion, Assisted Reproduction and Transplantation) was an European Union co-funded Joint Action (GA/676969) led by the Italian National Transplant and Blood Centres. One of its work-packages focuses on increasing the involvement of EU Member States Competent Authorities in the Notify Library to enhance the sharing of vigilance information.

The Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations inc. is an internationally recognized association of eye bank associations. The Global Alliance supports the WHO’s Initiative for Medical Products of Human Origin, SDS/HIS (Special Service Delivery) and the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplantation Tourism.

EDQM is the Council of Europe Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare coordinating the transplantation and transfusion-related activities. Documents are available at the following links:

8t Edition of the Guide to the quality and safety of organs for transplantation (2022)

The Declaration clarifies the issues of transplant tourism, trafficking and commercialism and provides ethical guidelines for practice in organ donation and transplantation

http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/

Notify Project WHO WE ARE

The International Haemovigilance Network was formed in 2009 and consists of national, operational haemovigilance systems that join the group on behalf of their country.  It provides a forum for sharing best practice and benchmarking of data, as well as a resource for existing and new haemovigilance systems.

The International Society of Blood Transfusion is a scientific society founded in 1935 where transfusion medicine professionals from over 100 countries come together to share knowledge and promote education to improve the safety of blood transfusion worldwide.

EFRETOS was an EU-funded project that aimed to describe the optimal content of a European Transplant Registry, including an appropriate functional framework, a feasible technical approach and the organisational prerequisites. It also aimed to provide a comprehensive approach to safety issues related to organ transplantation, including the development of an organ vigilance system. The final project deliverable includes a section (chapter 10) on organ vigilance.