Decision on contaminated blood restates that providing blood is a service, not a sale.
Current concern over the spread of AIDS prompts a review of the legal issues involved in the hospital's liability for a patient acquiring AIDS from blood transfusions or transplants of human tissue and organs. In this dialogue, Dr. Decker updates a prior article in light of a 1988 court decision relating to AIDS-contaminated blood.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003132:Commerce; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014180:Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D014481:United States