Implementation and public acceptability: Lessons from food irradiation and how they might apply to pathogen reduction in blood products

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-59

  Heddle, N M ^a,b   Lane, S J ^a   Sholapur, N ^a   Arnold, E ^a   Newbold, B ^a   Eyles, J ^a,c   Webert, K E ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Implementation; Pathogen inactivation; Transfusion medicine (in general)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAFETY; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOGEN REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TRUST; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIATION RESPONSE; STANDARDS;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FOOD IRRADIATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84902318910     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12135     Document Type: Article

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