Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Introducing new tests before transfusion. Who shall decide?

P J Schmidt1

  • 1Transfusion Medicine Academic Center, Southwest Florida Blood Bank, Tampa 33601-2125.

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
|April 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Hepcidin is not essential for mediating testosterone's effects on erythropoiesis.

Andrology·2019
Same author

Confirming the need for virus disinfection in municipal subsurface drinking water supplies.

Water research·2019
Same author

The steroid metabolome in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder during GnRH agonist-induced ovarian suppression: effects of estradiol and progesterone addback.

Translational psychiatry·2017
Same author

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val<sup>66</sup>Met genotype and ovarian steroids interactively modulate working memory-related hippocampal function in women: a multimodal neuroimaging study.

Molecular psychiatry·2017
Same author

The ESC/E(Z) complex, an effector of response to ovarian steroids, manifests an intrinsic difference in cells from women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Molecular psychiatry·2017
Same author

The impact of education, country, race and ethnicity on the self-report of postpartum depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

Psychological medicine·2016

Decisions ensuring blood supply safety are chaotic, lacking an orderly process since acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) emerged. A new, acceptable decision-making system for blood safety and availability is urgently needed.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Policy
  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Background:

  • Historically, blood supply safety decisions, like Hepatitis B screening, were science-based.
  • Since 1983, decisions regarding blood safety have been influenced by public, political, and insurance pressures due to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
  • A decade after recognizing AIDS as transfusion-transmitted, the national blood supply lacks a systematic process for balancing safety and availability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the disarray in decision-making processes for national blood supply safety.
  • To emphasize the urgent need for an orderly, acceptable system for blood safety decisions.
  • To review past attempts at establishing a structured decision-making framework.

Main Methods:

Related Experiment Videos

  • Analysis of historical decision-making processes for blood supply safety.
  • Examination of the impact of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) on blood safety policies.
  • Review of initiatives to establish a new decision-making system.

    • Main Results:

    • Current decision-making for blood supply safety is disorganized and lacks a scientific basis.
    • External pressures have significantly impacted policy since the emergence of AIDS.
    • No established process currently ensures both the safety and availability of the national blood supply.

    Conclusions:

    • The current system for ensuring blood supply safety is inadequate.
    • An urgent need exists for a structured, inclusive decision-making process.
    • Past efforts, such as the Institute of Medicine's initiative, may offer a path forward.