Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas

Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas

To make blood components and blood products safe, many safety measures are applied to avoid transfusion-transmitted infections. Defining a balanced safety policy is not easy, we face several dilemmas: How safe should blood be? Should we opt for maximal or optimal safety? Are perceived threats real a...

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Main Author: Hans L. Zaaijer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
blood safety
donor screening
preventive measures
precautionary principle
transfusion-transmitted infection
blood transfusion
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2017.00221/full
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spelling doaj-6a5eb8c8fdd34740bcc40ed280f902212020-11-24T22:25:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2017-12-01410.3389/fmed.2017.00221317292Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: DilemmasHans L. Zaaijer0Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation and Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, NetherlandsTo make blood components and blood products safe, many safety measures are applied to avoid transfusion-transmitted infections. Defining a balanced safety policy is not easy, we face several dilemmas: How safe should blood be? Should we opt for maximal or optimal safety? Are perceived threats real and relevant? Should blood be clean while food, air, or mosquitoes are not? Is vCJD still a threat? It seems wise to discuss these issues more in the open.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2017.00221/fullblood safetydonor screeningpreventive measuresprecautionary principletransfusion-transmitted infectionblood transfusion
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Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas
Frontiers in Medicine
blood safety
donor screening
preventive measures
precautionary principle
transfusion-transmitted infection
blood transfusion
author_facet Hans L. Zaaijer
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title Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas
title_short Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas
title_full Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas
title_fullStr Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas
title_full_unstemmed Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas
title_sort prevention of transfusion-transmitted infections: dilemmas
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Medicine
issn 2296-858X
publishDate 2017-12-01
description To make blood components and blood products safe, many safety measures are applied to avoid transfusion-transmitted infections. Defining a balanced safety policy is not easy, we face several dilemmas: How safe should blood be? Should we opt for maximal or optimal safety? Are perceived threats real and relevant? Should blood be clean while food, air, or mosquitoes are not? Is vCJD still a threat? It seems wise to discuss these issues more in the open.
topic blood safety
donor screening
preventive measures
precautionary principle
transfusion-transmitted infection
blood transfusion
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2017.00221/full
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