Progress in global blood safety for HIV

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Takei, Teiji ^a   Amin, Noryati Abu ^b   Schmid, George ^b   Dhingra Kumar, Neelam ^b   Rugg, Deborah ^a  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood safety; Blood screening; Global database on blood safety; HIV; Quality assurance; UNGASS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED NATIONS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SAFETY; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 73349103503     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181baf0ac     Document Type: Article

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