Blood Safety

HHS Secretary Accepts IOM Study Recommendations on HIV and Blood Supply

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 31st, 1995

Based on findings issued in a new report by an Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Donna Shalala has created a task force to assess IOM recommendations for blood safety.

In the early- and mid-1980s, thousands of Americans who had hemophilia and others who received blood transfusions were infected with HIV.

"For that reason, and in response to public concern, in 1993 I asked the IOM to undertake a comprehensive study of the events leading to HIV transmission to people with hemophilia during the 1980s," Shalala said.

The IOM study covers the period 1982-1986 and the...

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