Blood Regulations (SOR/2013-178)

Marginal note:Retention periods — transfusion

• 122 (1) An establishment that transfuses blood must keep the records set out in column 1 of the table to this section for the period set out in column 2.

• Marginal note:Calculation of record retention period

  (2) The record retention period begins on the day on which the record is created, except for the personnel records set out in item 11 of the table, in which case the period begins on the last day on which the employee was employed by the establishment.

  Item	Column 1	Column 2
  	Records	Retention period
  1	Donation code — allogeneic blood	50 years
  2	Donation code — autologous blood	10 years
  3	Shipping documents	1 year
  4	Blood storage temperature monitoring	5 years
  5	Distribution	50 years
  6	Exceptional distribution	50 years
  7	Record of transfusion or disposition of allogeneic blood, including identification of recipient	50 years
  8	Record of transfusion or disposition of autologous blood	10 years
  9	Complaints and their investigation	5 years
  10	Every version of the operating procedures that was implemented	10 years
  11	Personnel qualifications, training and competency evaluation	10 years
  12	Investigations and reports of errors and accidents	10 years
  13	Investigations and reports of adverse reactions	10 years