TraQ Program of the BC PBCO

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TraQ Manuals

In BC in the late 1990s a group of transfusion medicine professionals, the Technical Resource Group (TRG) and the BC Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group (TMAG), contributed to the development and maintenance of a standardized technical manual, which became the TraQ Technical Resource Manual (TRM) and its Competency Companion (CC).

1. Technical Resource Manual is a collection of referenced, "best practice" guidelines (SOPs) covering the most commonly used procedures in a hospital transfusion service.
2. Competency Companion includes direct observation checklists and written assessment materials, as well as trainer and trainee information, forms, and tips.

The TRM and CC have

• Served as references and templates for developing SOPs and policies for transfusion services throughout Canada.
• Used by many Canadian provinces as a template to create province-wide standardized technical manuals. 
• Distributed worldwide to help organizations develop quality programs.

PBCO TMS Documents - Processes

These materials were developed beginning in 2005 using CLSI guidelines and facilitated by Lucia Berte (consultant) and BC PBCO:

Laboratory Quality Manual

Developed by BC laboratory quality managers working as members of the Quality Management Working Group

Technical Operations Manual

Developed by BC blood transfusion technical specialists