An evaluation of the process and costs associated with targeted lookbacks for HCV and general notification of transfusion recipients

Transfusion

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1169-1175

  Callum, Jeannie L ^a   Pinkerton, Peter H ^a   Coovadia, Ahmed S ^a   Thomson, Anne E ^a   Dewsbury, Frankie ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; RECIPIENT; SEROCONVERSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS C; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033792277     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2000.40101169.x     Document Type: Article

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