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Safety of the blood supply
Author(s) -
Perkins Herbert A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.2920080210
Subject(s) - medicine , blood supply , blood transfusion , intensive care medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , transmission (telecommunications) , disease , immunology , surgery , electrical engineering , engineering
This is a review of events when the medical community realized that AIDS was an infectious disease which might be transmitted by blood transfusions and the response by the various organizations and agencies to curb the potential spread of HIV via blood products. It became possible through a number of approaches to make the blood supply safe so that today the likelihood of transmission of HIV by blood transfusion is extremely unlikely. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.