Mater Private: Donating blood can help to save a life

Joan Fahy is a senior nurse at Mater Private Hospital, Cork. One of her specialties is haemovigilance.

Mater Private: Donating blood can help to save a life

The World Health Organisation describes haemovigilance as a “set of surveillance procedures covering the entire blood transfusion chain, from the donation and processing of blood and its components, through to their provision and transfusion to patients”.

This makes it a vital practice in health care.

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