Recent Blood Transfusion News
Times of India | Five test positive for HIV after blood transfusion at Assam hospital Times of India The CM acknowledged that the hospital staff's negligence had infected the five with the deadly virus after the transfusion of blood from an HIV-positive donor. "This is a criminal negligence. Departmental action like suspending the guilty government ... 4 test HIV positive after blood transfusion in Assam Four infected with HIV after blood transfusion in hospital 4 test HIV+ after blood transfusion in Assam |
Wrong blood transfusion govt's mistake: Tarun Gogoi Times of India GUWAHATI: Chief minister TarunGogoi on Saturday admitted that it was due to the negligence of the staff of Mangaldai Civil Hospital that five people were infected with HIV following a wrong transfusion of blood from an HIV+ donor in Assam'sDarrang ... |
New Vision | A draft national policy on blood transfusion and protocols for blood ... Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service The Minister said he was heartened that the team at the National Blood Transfusion Service has as part of its mission, the attainment of the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of 100 per cent voluntary unpaid donation by 2020, moving from the present ... Re-build society with safe blood transfusion: AK Walia Hospitals warned on selling of bloodPublish Date: Jun 16, 2013 WHO: More voluntary blood donors needed |
Jagran Post | Assam chief Tarun Gogoi calls for probe in HIV infected blood transfusion case Newstrack India Guwahati, June 15 (ANI): Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said that he has ordered a thorough probe into the allegations leveled against a government-run blood bank. This blood bank has been accused of spreading the deadly HIV virus ... Gogoi: Probe AIDS-infected blood transfusion Tarun Gogoi demeans dissidents with cracking jokes |
The Hindu | Criminal case against transfusion of HIV-infected blood: Gogoi The Hindu Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has directed that a criminal case be registered on the incident of transfusion of HIV-infected blood to four patients at Darrang Civil Hospital. A high level medical team from the Gauhati Medical College Hospital along ... |
spyghana.com | Only 10 percent of blood supply is from Voluntary Donors-Minister spyghana.com He called on health workers and institutions to cooperate with the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) to achieve zero transmission of HIV and other blood borne infections. Dr Oluwatoyin Smith, the Co-ordinator of NBTS, dismissed the impression ... Hundreds donate blood in Cambodia to mark World Blood Donor Day 'Every blood donation is a gift of life' Getting more to donate blood |
Blood transfusions dip at Stanford, scientist says HealthCanal.com BY RUTHANN RICHTER - After steadily increasing over two decades, blood collections and transfusions nationwide are on the decline, with Stanford University Medical Center among a number of institutions that have taken steps to effectively reduce the ... Some hospitals turning to transfusions less often |
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service | Gambia Celebrates World Blood Donor Day. Give the Gift of Life - Donate Blood AllAfrica.com The day which also thanks millions of blood-donor world-wide is aimed primarily to ensure the easy availability of safe-blood for transfusion world-wide. Following its inception in 2004, the World Blood Donor Day initiative has been aided by the WHO ... Adequate supply of safe blood a challenge - Seakgosing NBTS Gets Bus to Boost Blood Collection 'More Voluntary Blood Donors Are Needed' |
Edinburgh Donor Centre worker receives vital blood transfusion STV Local Nestled within a lab at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service's (SNBTS) Edinburgh Donor Centre, the biomedical support worker spends her day methodically separating pints of blood given by Scotland's donors. They are separated into three ... |
Researchers revisit blood transfusion practices Healio Wide variation in blood transfusion practices persist despite the emergence of new scientific evidence, the development of clinical practice guidelines and efforts to improve blood use and clinical patient outcomes, according to a report published in ... Minimizing Transfusions to Reduce Cost, Improve Outcomes |