Improved safety of clinical blood transfusion in four provinces of China 1997-2005.
This paper outlines the activities of the Blood Component of the World Bank Health IX Program in China over the period 1997-2005. There has been a large and sustainable improvement in the safety of the systems that provide blood for transfusion in four provinces of China. This success is only one of the many great improvements that have occurred across the whole country.
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International Education Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. gordon.whyte@med.monash.edu.au
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000592:standards*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction