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Bloodlines Journal
The link to the British Blood Transfusion Service is www.bbts.org.uk. Accessing this site and entering Bloodlines as a search item will lead to the option of downloading the journal.
CDC Launches New Blood Safety Website The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a new
Blood Safety website. According to the agency, the website provides information on blood safety monitoring in the U.S., including through the Hemovigilance Module of the National Healthcare Safety Network. The site also describes diseases and organisms associated with transfusion-transmitted infections.
AfSBT Standards and Accreditation Framework.
Representatives from the Africa Society for Blood Transfusion and AABB have created a
standards and accreditation framework for the African continent, on which they are now soliciting feedback from stakeholders in the community.
CBER's Guidances for U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
This information has recently been updated, and is now available.
The
T-REC (
Building research capacity of blood transfusion services in Africa) was succssfully launched in Ghana (5-6 July 2011) and Zimbabwe (5 October 211) through the AfSBT facilitation.
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