Canadian Medical Association Journal · 2007 · 45 citations · 9 references
MedicineHealth PolicyInfectious DiseasesHiv ControlTransfusion MedicineBlood Transfusion ManagementBlood Transfusion SafetyPandemic ResponseTransfusion-transmitted InfectionsViral HepatitisHepatitis C Virus TransmissionTransfusion-transmitted Viral InfectionsViral Hepatitis Transmission
On Nov. 25, 1997, Justice Horace Krever released his landmark report on how Canada's blood system managed the threat of HIV and hepatitis C transmission from blood transfusions.[1][1] The tainted blood tragedy, as it came to be called, was arguably the largest public health catastrophe in this
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