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- Title
You can't get CMV from a blood transfusion: 2017 Emily Cooley award lecture.
- Authors
Goldfinger, Dennis; Burner, James D.
- Abstract
The article analysis the risk factors and the prevention of the cytomegalovirus( CMV), transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus (TT-CMV) and transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs). Topics discussed include the recurring theme of transfusion medicines and how they have been a reactive rather than proactive endeavor. Author also states how pathogen inactivation may prove a triumph in the history of transfusion medicine and can be used by blood banks.
- Subjects
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS disease prevention; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS disease diagnosis; BLOOD transfusion reaction; RISK management in blood banks; SPECIFIC medicines; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS diseases; BLOOD transfusion; CYTOMEGALOVIRUSES; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Transfusion, 2018, Vol 58, Issue 12, p3038
- ISSN
0041-1132
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/trf.15009