Transfusion-transmissible infection monitoring system: a tool to monitor changes in blood safety

Affiliations

¹ Blood Systems Research Institute, Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Laboratory Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
² Scientific Affairs, American Red Cross, Gaithersburg, MD.
³ Blood Epidemiology and Clinical Therapeutics Branch, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD.
⁴ Office of Blood Research and Review.
⁵ Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD.

Editorial

Brian Custer et al. Transfusion. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;56(6 Pt 2):1499-502.

doi: 10.1111/trf.13632.

¹ Blood Systems Research Institute, Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Laboratory Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
² Scientific Affairs, American Red Cross, Gaithersburg, MD.
³ Blood Epidemiology and Clinical Therapeutics Branch, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD.
⁴ Office of Blood Research and Review.
⁵ Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, CBER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD.

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Comment on

Impact of a 5-year deferral from blood donation for men who have sex with men.
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The risk of allowing blood donation from men having sex with men after a temporary deferral: predictions versus reality.
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