Transfusion Safety Decisions in the 1990s: Reactions to the Past

摘要: The current process of blood safety related decision-making has been strongly influenced by events the mid to late 1980s. Retrospective analyses these undertaken governmental bodies in developed countries throughout world [1,2]. These have applied state knowledge about magnitude and severity transfusion-transmitted AIDS non-A non-B hepatitis decisions made This resulted criticism national service organisations, some appropriate inappropriate, for various activities during this time frame including: failure communicate accurate information transfusion risks public, directly question donors male sexual activity, implement anti-HBc testing as a surrogate carrier state, unnecessary delays implementing HIV antibody assays, abandoning use derivative products that had not undergone viral inactivation, HCV assays. official criticisms exacerbated stories print broadcast media, plaintiff driven litigation even criminal prosecution [2].