Korean Red Cross

  From December 10-12, 2018, the Korean Red Cross Blood Services (KRCBS) participated in the 5^th APEC Blood Safety Policy Forum held in Taipei, Taiwan.

​  This forum was hosted by APEC LSIF Blood Safety Network with the theme, "Raising and Converging Standards through Centers of Excellence." Blood service institutions from all parts of the Asia-Pacific region gathered to share best practice from their institution.​

  "Centers of Excellence (CoE)" are blood institutions that manage client BC and possess high research capabilities as well as, a well-organized system for blood related tasks such as, blood recruitment, collection, screening, processing and distribution.

​  Dr. Myung Han Kim, the Director-General of the KRCBS, attended the forum as a speaker and presented the case regarding the integration of the KRC Blood Laboratory Centers. By 2008, the number of KRCBS Laboratory Centers in Korea was integrated to 3 after the initial integration in 2000 from 16 to 7. Dr. Kim went on to further illustrate the following results of the integration: increased efficiency in human resource management, ease in introduction of  new equipment, advanced task standardization & quality management and advantages of prompt communication.