1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996383595503316

Titolo

The boke of knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : whether a sycke person beynge in perylle, shall lyue, or dye. &c

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : Imprynted by me Robert Wyer : dwellynge at the sygne of saynte John̄ Euangelyste in saynt Martyns parysshe, in the Duke of Suffolkes rentes besyde Charynge Crosse, [1556?]]

Descrizione fisica

[12] p

Soggetti

Medicine

Astrology

Divination

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Sometimes attributed to Hippocrates.

Imprint from colophon; publication date conjectured by STC.

Signatures: A⁴ B² .

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974006303321

Titolo

Blood and blood products : safety and risk / / Forum on Blood Safety and Blood Availability, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine ; Henrik Bendixen, Frederick Manning and Linette Sparacino, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996

ISBN

9786610192038

9780309175234

0309175232

9781280192036

1280192038

9780309589680

0309589681

9780585026336

0585026335

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 186 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BendixenHenrik

ManningFrederick J

SparacinoLinette R

Disciplina

362.1/784

Soggetti

Blood banks - United States

Blood - Collection and preservation

Blood products - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The talks summarized in this document were originally given at workshops on Current risks of disease transmission (July, 1994); Risk and regulation (January, 1995); and Managing threats to the blood supply (September, 1995)"--Foreword.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Blood and Blood Products: Safety and Risk -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- I Current Risks of Disease Transmission -- Blood and Blood Components: How Safe Are They Today? -- Viral Inactivation of Blood Products: A General Overview -- TRANSFUSION PLASMA -- BLOOD CELL CONCENTRATES -- RED BLOOD CELL



CONCENTRATES -- PLATELET CONCENTRATES -- II Guarding the Blood Supply -- The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study: Rationale and Methods -- Demographic and Serologic Characteristics of Volunteer Blood Donors -- CDC Surveillance of Donors -- DISCUSSION -- Surveillance of Recipients -- DISCUSSION -- CDC Surveillance of High-Risk Recipients -- DISCUSSION -- CDC Surveillance for Unknown Pathogens -- DISCUSSION -- III New Ideas for Safety and Monitoring -- Information Technology and Blood Safety -- Strategies for Dealing with Potentially Infected Recipients -- IV Risk Tolerance -- Beneficial Aspects of Surgical Transfusion -- Trade-off of the Risk of Hepatitis and the Benefit of Clotting Factor Concentrates in the 1970s and 1980s -- DISCUSSION -- Examples of Risks That We Tolerate -- DISCUSSION -- V Risk Communication -- A Mental Model Approach to Risk Communication -- DISCUSSION -- Risk Communication: Building Credibility -- ROLE OF INFORMATION -- THE ROLE OF RISK NUMBERS -- THE ROLE OF RISK COMPARISONS -- SOURCES OF CONFLICT -- DISCUSSION -- Attitudes Toward Risk: The Right to Know and the Right to Give Informed Consent -- DISCUSSION -- Patients, Informed Consent, and the Health Care Team -- DISCUSSION -- Communication of Risk and Uncertainty to Patients -- DISCUSSION -- VI No-Fault Insurance -- Administrative and "No-Fault" Systems for Compensating Medically Related Injuries -- The Colorado and Utah Models of Compensating Patient Injury -- DISCUSSION -- VII Concluding Remarks -- Henrik H. Bendixen -- Appendixes.

A Acronyms and Abbreviations -- B Workshop Participants -- WORKSHOP ON BLOOD BANK OPERATIONS July 23-24, 1994 -- WORKSHOP ON RISK AND REGULATION July 23-24, 1995 -- WORKSHOP ON MANAGING THREATS TO THE BLOOD SUPPLY September 21-22, 1995.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the safety and availability of the nation's supply of blood and blood components. It discusses the risks of disease transmission, methods of guarding the blood supply, new ideas on safety and monitoring, risk tolerance, risk communication, and no-fault insurance.