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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| 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a5eb8c8fdd34740bcc40ed280f902212022-12-21T19:54:22ZengFrontiers 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 |
| spellingShingle | Hans L. Zaaijer Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas Frontiers in Medicine blood safety donor screening preventive measures precautionary principle transfusion-transmitted infection blood transfusion |
| title | 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_short | Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: Dilemmas |
| title_sort | prevention of transfusion transmitted infections dilemmas |
| topic | blood safety donor screening preventive measures precautionary principle transfusion-transmitted infection blood transfusion |
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