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Continuous Manual Exchange Transfusion for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: An Efficient Method to Avoid Iron Overload
Published on: March 14, 2017
[Blood transfusion - safety of the inventory]
Jean-Daniel Tissot1, Bruno Danic2, Thierry Schneider3
1Transfusion interrégionale CRS, 1066 Epalinges Vaud, Suisse; Université de Lausanne, faculté de biologie et de médecine, 1015 Lausanne, Suisse.
Abstract:
Over the years, transfusion medicine has been faced to many different problems, notably those related to transmission of pathogens. Major progresses have been accomplished in terms of security. However, nowadays, the discipline is confronted to the day-to-day variability and availability of blood products. More and more donors are excluded from blood donation due to various reasons, and the donor selection criteria have increased over the years, influencing the number of donors able to give blood. This paradox represents one of the constraints that transfusion medicine should resolve in the future. This paper presents some aspects either common or different between France and Switzerland.
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