The success of precaution? Managing the risk of transfusion transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Transfusion
Kumanan Wilson, Maura N Ricketts

Abstract

The precautionary principle has emerged as an important new paradigm influencing decision making in the blood system. The principle has influenced decision making in several nations leading to the institution of policies to protect their blood supplies form variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Increasingly evidence has emerged to support the institution of these policies, which were introduced in advance of clear evidence of risk. These vCJD decisions serve as an example of the successful application of precaution and provide lesions as to how the principle should be applied in future transfusion safety decisions.

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May 20, 2006·BMJ : British Medical Journal·Kumanan Wilson, Maura N Ricketts
Apr 26, 2005·Globalization and Health·Ann Marie KimballJill R Hodges
Apr 10, 2014·PLoS Medicine·Kumanan WilsonJennifer Keelan
Mar 25, 2011·Transfusion Medicine Reviews·Kumanan Wilson
Dec 24, 2005·British Journal of Haematology·Christopher A Ludlam, Marc L Turner
Jun 16, 2010·Transfusion·Roger Y Dodd
Oct 4, 2006·Social Science & Medicine·Kumanan WilsonPaul Hebert
Mar 28, 2006·Transfusion Medicine Reviews·David Lee
Nov 12, 2013·International Journal of Infectious Diseases : IJID : Official Publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases·Kumanan WilsonJennifer Keelan
Feb 17, 2017·The American Journal of Bioethics : AJOB·Kumanan Wilson, Katherine Atkinson
Sep 21, 2018·Vox Sanguinis·Judie Leach Bennett, Dana V Devine
Jan 20, 2018·Journal of Risk Research·Kumanan WilsonJennifer Keelan

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