Timeline |
Event |
1985 – 1987 |
Early planning and preparation for the establishment of Macao Blood Transfusion Centre by Dr. Isidoro, the first Director of the Centre. |
Feb 1988 |
Macao Blood Transfusion Centre (CTS) was officially opened. Macao Public Health Laboratory was responsible for performing microbiological tests. |
Mar 1989 |
- The two hospitals in Macao stopped the practice of paid blood donation and importation of blood.
- CTS began to implement a policy of voluntary, non-remunerated and anonymous blood donation.
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Sep 1989 |
Started Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation. |
Mar 1990 |
Started routine screening for Hepatitis C antibodies. |
Apr 1993 |
Immunohaematology laborabory participated in UK National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Blood Transfusion Laboratory Practice |
Dec 1993 |
Routinely screen for HTLV-1 antibodies. |
Dec 1994 |
Started to perform all screening tests at CTS laboratory. |
1996 |
Set up a quality assurance department. |
Oct 1997 |
Became a member of International Blood Transfusion Committee |
Oct 1999 |
Computerized routine procedures. |
6 Dec 1999 |
CTS relocated to the present site. |
Dec 2000 |
Microbiology laboratory enrolled in the Serology External Quality Assessment Scheme of National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia (NRL). |
2001 |
Provided filtered red cells concentrate. |
May 2003 |
Extended blood donation service hours by making service available during lunch hours and on Sundays. |
Jul 2003 |
Awarded ISO9001:2000 Quality Management System Certification. |
Apr 2004 |
- Provided Gamma-ray irradiated blood products.
- Implemented laboratory automation in microbiology laboratory.
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May 2005 |
Implemented Nucleic Acid Testing for HIV RNA and HCV RNA. |
27-30 Sep 2005 |
Supported the World Health Organization in organizing the Western Pacific Regional Workshop on Clinical Blood Transfusion. |
Oct 2005 |
- Plasma was sent for fractionation to produce plasma products.
- Red cells of rare blood groups were stored frozen.
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Jan 2006 |
Conducted surveillance on donor arm skin disinfection. |
Aug 2006 |
Apheresis was used for plasma collection. |
Mar 2007 |
Microbiology laboratory enrolled in the Nucleic Acid Testing External Quality Assessment Scheme in Australia (NRL). |
May 2007 |
Implemented Nucleic Acid Testing for HBV DNA screening. |
Jul 2007 |
Adopted solid-phase assays for alloantibody detection. |
Jun 2008 |
Successfully organized 30th ISBT International Congress |
Nov 2009 |
Obtained certification of conformity to ISO 9001:2008 |
Nov 2009 |
A new mobile blood collection vehicle was put into service. |
Nov 2010 |
Cold-chain system optimized to facilitate temperature monitoring for blood product delivery between CTS and hospitals. |
Nov 2011 |
Provided pooled platelet concentrates tested against microbial contamination for hospital use. |
Jan 2012 |
Annual iron tests were in place for regular donors. |
May 2012 |
Microbiology laboratory enrolled in External Quality Assessment Scheme of Hong Kong Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences (HKIMLS). |
Dec 2012 |
Started registration for bone marrow/haematopoietic stem cell donors. |
Jan 2013 |
Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) was introduced to replace the original microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA) in the routine screening for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), Treponema Pallidum antibody (TP- Ab) and Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) antibodies. |
Jul 2014/td>
| Immunohematology reference laboratory enrolled in the External Quality Assessment Scheme of RCPA, Australia. |
Oct 2014 |
Pooled cryoprecipitates were provided for hospital use. |
Dec 2014 |
Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) was introduced to replace the original microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA) in the routine screening for HCV and HIV antibodies. |
Aug 2015 |
Individual samples, instead of pools of 6 samples, were used to detect HBV DNA, HCV and HIV RNA. |
Jan 2016 |
Sterile, individually packed cotton swabs were used for donor arm skin disinfection. |
Jun 2016 |
Award ceremony held in recognition of blood donors reaching 5 donations. |