Confidential donation confirmation as an alternative to confidential unit exclusion: 15 months experience of the HEMOMINAS foundation

BACKGROUND: Confidential unit exclusion remains a controversial strategy to reduce the residual risk of transfusion-transmitted infections. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze confidential unit exclusion from its development in a large institution in light of confidential donation confirmation. M...

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Main Authors: Flávia Cristine Martineli Loureiro, Cláudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Anna Bárbara F. Carneiro Proietti, Fernando Augusto Proietti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842011000400009