Blood and blood products safety and risk (National Academy Press, 1996)
"The talks summarized in this document were originally given at workshops on Current risks of disease transmission (July, 1994); Risk and regulation (January, 1995); and Managing threats to the blood supply (September, 1995)"--Foreword. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references
I. Current Risks of Disease Transmission. Blood and Blood Components: How Safe Are They Today? / Kenrad E. Nelson. Viral Inactivation of Blood Products: A General Overview / Bernard Horowitz -- II. Guarding the Blood Supply. The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study: Rationale and Methods / Thomas F. Zuck. Demographic and Serologic Characteristics of Volunteer Blood Donors / James J. Korelitz. CDC Surveillance of Donors / Eve M. Lackritz. Surveillance of Recipients / James R. Allen. CDC Surveillance of High-Risk Recipients / Bruce Evatt. CDC Surveillance for Unknown Pathogens / Scott Wetterhall -- III. New Ideas for Safety and Monitoring. Information Technology and Blood Safety / J. Michael Fitzmaurice. Strategies for Dealing with Potentially Infected Recipients / Ernest R. Simon -- IV. Risk Tolerance. Beneficial Aspects of Surgical Transfusion / Richard K. Spence