Confidential donation confirmation as a alternative exclusion

Confidential donation confirmation as a alternative exclusion

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Confidential donation confirmation as an alternative to confidential unit exclusion: 15 months experience of the HEMOMINAS foundation

BACKGROUND Confidential unit exclusion remains a controversial strategy to reduce the residual risk of transfusion-transmitted infections. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to analyze confidential unit exclusion from its development in a large institution in light of confidential donation confirmation. METHODS Data of individuals who donated from October 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009 were analyzed ...

Effectiveness of confidential self-exclusion (CSE) and failed options on blood donation safety in Sari organization of blood transfusion, 2005

Background: Blood donation safety is one of the basic goals of the organization of blood transfusion in the world. Self-exclusion and failed options are additional screening tests to routine diagnostic tests which is performed to detect the transmitted infection through blood or blood products. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of these systems on the improvement of bloo...

Confidential unit exclusion and blood safety.

[Can heart donation exclusion factors be overcome?].

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES A shortage of heart donors is limiting the expansion of transplant programs. Our aims were to investigate the impact of different heart donation exclusion factors and to examine ways of increasing the donor pool. PATIENTS AND METHOD We carried out a retrospective descriptive study of individuals donating organs at a university hospital over a ten-year period. Males...