Journal article
A Canadian hospital-based HIV/hepatitis C look-back notification program.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the process used to notify pediatric patients who received transfusions of blood or blood products at our institution before donor blood was routinely screened for antibodies to HIV (1985) and hepatitis C virus (1990), and to evaluate the effectiveness of the notification program.
DESIGN: Patients who had received transfusions were identified through the hospital's medical records and the records from the Transfusion …
Authors
Heddle N; Kelton JG; Smaill F; Foss K; Everson J; Janzen C; Walker C; Jones M; Hammons D
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 157, No. 2, pp. 149–154
Publication Date
July 15, 1997
ISSN
0820-3946