scope:

This ENV specifies general messages for electronic information interchange between computer systems used by healthcare parties in the blood transfusion domain. The content and structure of the messages specified in this ENV have been developed with the aim of optimising the safety of blood transfusion activity and to facilitate compliance monitoring and secure audit trails. This ENV is applicable to blood transfusion related messages including those for: -the collection of blood/blood components from blood donor -manufacturing and processing of blood components -classification of blood donations -issue of blood components to the blood components dispenser