NR AKIQ
AU Salamon,R.; Lawson-Ayayi,S.; Salmi,L.R.
TI [Evaluation of risks related to blood transfusions in industrialized countries]
OT Evaluation des risques lies aux transfusions sanguines dans les pays industrialises
QU Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique 1994; 42(5): 408-15
PT journal article
AB Although numerous progresses have been accomplished, transfusion of labile blood products still has side effects. Transfusion-associated risks are related to the complex environment of the transfusion chain which goes from volunteers for blood collection to receivers of products. Severe hemolytic accidents remain very worrying and neglected problems. Risks related to products are mostly infectious; hepatitis C has become the major infectious risk, even if contaminations linked to the serological window of HIV are still worrying. Measurement of residual risks can be done a priori, by modeling existing data, or a posteriori, by epidemiological studies. The issue of new risks, related to the diffusion of new products, or to unconventional infectious agents, underscores the importance of setting up a blood transfusion surveillance mechanism.
MH Blood Group Incompatibility/*prevention & control; Blood Transfusion/*adverse effects; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/etiology; English Abstract; Environment; Epidemiologic Methods; HIV Infections/prevention & control/*transmission; Hepatitis C/prevention & control/*transmission; Human; Iatrogenic Disease; Risk Assessment
AD INSERM U-330, Universite de Bordeaux II, France.
SP französisch
PO Frankreich