Managing infectious or untested autologous blood components: The ethical dilemma of private rights versus public safety

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1212-1213

  Sazama, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD STORAGE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT RIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNTESTED AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD COMPONENT;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 26044450274     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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