Abstract
The Medical Technologist Working Group (WG) established in the Hyogo Prefectural Joint Committee of Transfusion Therapy (i.e., Committee) carried out some activities with the aim of improving safety in transfusion medicine in small- and medium-scale hospitals. The Medical Technologist WG performed practical skill training for blood transfusion inspection, as well as a joint workshop on blood transfusion manipulation with the Nurse WG. The annual questionnaire survey at the time of the practical skill training revealed that 18 out of 35 people attended in 2014 (51%), and 15 out of 30 people attended in 2015 (50%); they belonged to medical institutions with less than 200 beds. Twenty-one out of 35 people attended in 2014 (60%), and 17 out of 30 people attended in 2015 (57%); they did not exclusively engage in blood transfusion inspection duties in clinical laboratories. In fact, without specialists, it is considered difficult to acquire techniques and knowledge on blood transfusion inspection in clinical laboratories. To improve blood transfusion safety, it might be useful that practical skill training on blood transfusion inspection be held under the sponsorship of the Committee and the Hyogo Association of Medical Technologists.
