title: Viral transmission by blood products: a perspective of events covered by the recent tribunal of enquiry into the Irish Blood Transfusion Board.
abstract: The recent Tribunal of Enquiry into the Irish Blood Transfusion Board considered the transmission of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the Irish perspective, considering particularly the medico-legal aspects of the specific transmission of HCV by anti-Rhesus D immunoglobulin (anti-D) manufactured by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board. However, there have been many other transmission episodes of HCV by intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations and this brief review on the viral safety of immunoglobulin preparations considers the wider aspects of HCV transmission by immunoglobulin preparations.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Yap
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007494:Ireland; D018029:Rho(D) Immune Globulin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D018029:Rho(D) Immune Globulin