Unconfirmed reactive screening tests and their impact on donor management

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-519

  Rahman, Mahfooz Ur ^a,c   Khan, S A ^a   Lodhi, Y ^b  

^a Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

^b Blood Transfusion Service   (Pakistan)

^c DHA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

FP testing; ICT TTIs; Loss of volunteer blood donors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHLEBOTOMY; SCREENING TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 51849128891     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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