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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Blood safety"”.
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Blood safety and resource allocation: economic analyses of donated blood safety initiatives
… at any cost has become the apparent policy of blood banks and regulators because of transfusion-transmitted HIV and hepatitis. However, blood bank opinion leaders suggest economic analyses of new interventions are increasingly important for choosing between competing interventions. In this …
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The intersection of the HIV epidemic and blood donation in South Africa
… people living with HIV (PLWH) affects the local blood transfusion services (BTS) in multiple ways, including the recruitment of safe donors, the demand for blood and the development of blood safety policies. The latter includes the deferral of persons at risk of recently acquired HIV and …
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The genesis and progression of the HIV/AIDS programme in KwaZulu-Natal : implications for learning and intensified action
… originated in 1985 when the then Natal Blood Transfusion Service started testing the donated blood for HIV; HIV/AIDS activities fell under the broad categories of "Prevention" and "Care"; the support system for the HIV/AIDS programme comprised human resource, human resource development, …
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Robust Post-donation Blood Screening under Limited Information
Blood products are essential components of any healthcare system, and their safety, in terms of being free of transfusion-transmittable infections, is crucial. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States requires all blood donations to be tested for a set of infections, it …