Governance
The Directorate is supported by a group of technical officers who, through their expertise, contribute to both strategic and operational decision-making. When necessary, the Directorate, with or without its technical officers, meets with the senior leadership of the MSPP to discuss matters requiring urgent attention. The administration forwards material requests and needs to the MSPP’s Directorate of Administration and Budget, and human resources needs to the MSPP’s Directorate of Human Resources; it follows up on these requests and may call on the Directorate to intervene when necessary. The technical officers monitor the implementation of the plans that have been developed. Follow-up meetings are held at various levels to ensure the smooth running of the Program.
Organization
The National Blood Transfusion Safety Program is made up of two levels:
- 1
The normative and strategic level, managed by the Program's Directorate, which is responsible for regulation and for ensuring compliance with norms, procedures, and standards; it defines objectives, carries out monitoring and evaluation, and translates the guidelines of the National Blood Transfusion Safety Policy issued by the Ministry's senior leadership into national plans.
- 2
The operational level, made up of the National Blood Transfusion Center (CNTS), the Blood Transfusion Posts (PTS), the Blood Collection Posts (PCS), the Community Blood Banks (DDSC), and the Hospital Blood Banks (DDSH). The CNTS provides a full range of services: promotion of voluntary blood donation; donor selection, collection at fixed and mobile sites, and separation into labile blood products; screening for transfusion-transmissible agents, blood grouping, and cross-matching; and the storage and delivery of labile blood products. The PTS carry out all of these activities except screening for transfusion-transmissible agents. The DDSC and DDSH store blood, perform blood grouping and cross-matching, and deliver labile blood products, the former to patients of all surrounding hospitals, the latter to patients of the hospitals where they are located.
Organizational Charts
Structural Organizational Chart
Institutional hierarchy of the national blood transfusion system
- Supervising ministry Ministry of Public Health and Population MSPP
- General directorate General Directorate of the MSPP
- National program National Blood Transfusion Safety Program PNST
- National center National Blood Transfusion Center CNTS
- Regional posts Blood Transfusion Posts PTS
- Collection Blood Collection Posts
- Community Community Blood Banks
- Hospital Hospital Blood Banks
Structural organizational chart of the national blood transfusion system — PNST / MSPP
Functional Organizational Chart
Functional structure of the National Blood Transfusion Safety Program
- General directorate General Directorate of the MSPP
- Program directorate PNST Directorate
- Department Administration
- Human Resources HR
- Logistics
- Dispatcher
- Drivers
- Support
- Department Finance
- Accounting
- Accounting Assistant
- Department Technical Assistance
- Training
- Hemovigilance
- Communication
- Donation Promotion
- Marketing
- Department Monitoring and Evaluation
- Department Information Technology
- Biotechnology
- Equipment & Technical Networks
- Assistant
Functional organizational chart of the PNST — MSPP • Abbreviations spelled out for clarity
Legal and Regulatory Framework
The ministerial decision of November 2004 established the National Blood Transfusion Safety Program. It is governed by all regulations applicable to the Central Directorates of the MSPP, pending the implementation of the decree-law of October 13, 2020.