Hepatitis Prevention
Study data from National Institutes of Health, Department of Transfusion Medicine update knowledge of hepatitis prevention
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 21st, 2008
New research, 'Pathogen reduction: a precautionary principle paradigm,' is the subject of a report. "Although remarkable advances have been made in the prevention of the major transfusion-transmitted diseases, long intervals have transpired between the first recognition of transfusion risk and the implementation of a preventive strategy. For hepatitis B virus, that interval was 30 years; for non-A, non-B/hepatitis C virus, 15 years; and for human immunodeficiency virus, West Nile virus, Trypanosoma cruzi, and bacteria, 3, 4, 5, and 18 years, respectively," scientists in the United States report.
"In our existing reactive approach, there is a fundamental and...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-04-21)
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