title: Proceedings of a consensus conference: Risk-Based Decision Making for Blood Safety.
abstract: Blood safety decision making has become increasingly complex, and a framework for risk-based decision making is, thus, needed. The purpose of this consensus conference was to bring together international experts in an effort to develop the foundations for such a framework. These proceedings are described with a view to making available to the transfusion medicine community the considerable amount of information and insight that was presented and that emerged through debate by the experts, panel members, and delegates.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, 1800 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1G 4J5, Canada. judie.leach.bennett@blood.ca
authors.forename: Judie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leach Bennett
authors.forename: Morris A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Blajchman
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delage
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fearon
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Devine
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D001782:Blood Donors; D058731:Blood Safety / Q000941:ethics; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens; D002170:Canada; D003657:Decision Making; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012306:Risk; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Q000458:organization & administration