Transfusion
CDC Is Investigating Adverse Ocular Reactions
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 16th, 1998
Since December 23, 1997, 106 such transfusion reactions in 74 patients in 14 states have been identified, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia ("Adverse Ocular Reactions Following Transfusions - United States, 1997-1998," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report [MMWR], January 30, 1998;47:49-50).
The Portland region of the American Red Cross (ARC) on December 23, 1997, had notified the Oregon Health Division about a cluster of adverse ocular reactions among six...
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