Transfusion medicine and safety

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de Korte, 2006, Effects of skin disinfection method, deviation bag, and bacterial screening on clinical safety of platelet transfusions in the Netherlands, Transfusion, 46, 476, 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00746.x

Webert, 2008, Proceedings of a Consensus Conference: pathogen inactivation-making decisions about new technologies, Transfus Med Rev, 22, 1, 10.1016/j.tmrv.2007.09.001

Ashford, 2007, Standards for the terminology and labeling of cellular therapy products, Transfusion, 47, 1319, 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01389.x

Wendel, 2007, Rational testing for transmissible diseases, ISBT Sci Ser, 2, 19, 10.1111/j.1751-2824.2007.00098.x

Dax, 2007, Advances in quality assurance of laboratory testing for transfusion safety, Dev Biol (Basel), 127, 183

Busch, 2007, Evolving approaches to estimate risks of transfusion transmitted viral infections: incidence-window period model after 10 years, Dev Biol (Basel), 127, 87

O'Brien, 2007, Current incidence and estimated residual risk of transfusion-transmitted infections in donations made to Canadian blood services, Transfusion, 47, 316, 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01108.x

World Health Organization

Vyas, 2008, Participating in the evolution of transfusion medicine from a dispensary into a discipline, Transfus Med Rev, 22, 162, 10.1016/j.tmrv.2007.12.005

Alter, 2008, The hazards of blood transfusion in historical perspective, Blood, 112, 2617, 10.1182/blood-2008-07-077370

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Reesink, 2008, Occult hepatitis B infection in blood donors, Vox Sang, 94, 153, 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2008.01017.x

Silva, 2005, Low rate of occult hepatitis B virus infection among anti-HBc positive blood donors living in a low prevalence region in Brazil, J Infect, 51, 24, 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.07.007

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