[Perspectives and organisation of haemovigilance in compliance with the European Directive 2002/98/EC].

Haemovigilance has been a new concept in transfusion medicine since 1994. After 10 years, the situation can be assessed to evaluate the efficiency of the national organisation in each European country. Now, the new European Directive states the main orientations in the field of haemovigilance. Now, this inventory of the haemovigilance network shows a very heterogeneous and diverse situation. The frequency of transfusion reactions/incidents in recipients is more than 325 per 10(5) blood components in France, whereas in the United Kingdom it is 8.5 for 10(5) blood products! The systems and the organisation are different but the essential aim is to increase public health safety. In this article, we propose seven principles to organise the future of European haemovigilance.