title: Managing HIV. Part 8: controlling an epidemic. 8.4 Protecting the blood supply from HIV.
abstract: Since 1985 the theoretical risk of HIV infection posed by medical treatment with blood products has been very low. There have been no known cases of HIV transmission via blood products in Australia since that time. Nevertheless, blood banks continue to examine new techniques for reducing the risks.
authors.affiliation: New South Wales Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Sydney.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Wylie
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Dodd
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001771:Blood Banks; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety