1. Blood and Blood Products : Safety and Risk
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Institute of Medicine, Forum on Blood Safety and Blood Availability, Linette Sparacino, Frederick Manning, Henrik Bendixen, Institute of Medicine, Forum on Blood Safety and Blood Availability, Linette Sparacino, Frederick Manning, and Henrik Bendixen more...
- Subjects
- Medical care, Public health, Blood, Health facilities, Health services administration, Anatomy, Blood--Transfusion, Blood donors, Risk management, Risk, Congresses and conventions, Accidents, Probabilities, Accidents--Prevention, Biobanks, Blood banks--United States--Congresses, Blood--Collection and preservation--Congresses, Blood products--Safety measures--Congresses, Organ donors, Statistics, Therapeutics, Economics, Biological products--Therapeutic use, Body fluids, Organization
- Abstract
This volume explores the safety and availability of the nation's supply of blood and blood components. It discusses the risks of disease transmission, methods of guarding the blood supply, new ideas on safety and monitoring, risk tolerance, risk communication, and no-fault insurance. more...
- Published
- 1996