Kewenangan Tenaga Teknologi Laboratorium Medik Dalam Pengelolaan Darah Berkualitas Untuk Keselamatan Pasien

Abstract

Blood management is an important part of health services that aims to ensure the availability of safe, quality blood and facilitate public access to blood and information related to blood availability. The blood management process includes various stages, including planning, mobilizing and preserving blood donors, selecting, taking, testing, processing, storing, and distributing blood. In each of these stages, medical personnel and health workers play an active role, including Medical Laboratory Technology Personnel (MLTP), who have the authority in blood service efforts. MLTPs are health workers who have knowledge and skills obtained through higher education in the fields of hematology, serology, immunology, and immunohematology. This expertise gives TTLM the authority to carry out various tasks related to blood management, such as blood donor selection, blood drawing, blood testing, blood processing, and blood storage and distribution. In order to practice in a blood service unit, TTLM must have a Registration Certificate (STR) and Practice Permit (SIP), as well as a special training certificate in blood services. The research type is normative legal research, namely a legal approach based on literature studies. The results of the study indicate that MLTPs has clear authority in managing quality blood in the Blood Transfusion Unit (UTD) of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and in the Hospital Blood Bank (BDRS), which is very important in ensuring the safety and quality of blood used in transfusions to patients.