ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2005
Safety of the blood supply in Latin America.
Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT03988738 (Social Media-based Intervention to Promote Repeat Blood Donation Among First-time Blood Donors in a Peruvian Blood Bank), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Social Media-based Intervention to Promote Repeat Blood Donation Among First-time Blood Donors in a Peruvian Blood Bank: Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Estimating the current burden of Chagas disease in Mexico: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological surveys from 2006 to 2017.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Enhancing blood availability in Latin America: A study on public perceptions and barriers to blood donation in Guatemala during the COVID-19 pandemic.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The epidemiology of Chagas disease in the Americas.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Review
- Chagas disease control-surveillance in the Americas: the multinational initiatives and the practical impossibility of interrupting vector-borne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2022Article
- Different profiles and epidemiological scenarios: past, present and future.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2022Article
- Galectins in Chagas Disease: A Missing Link BetweenFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Chagas Disease in the United States: a Public Health Approach.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2019Review
- Immunity and vaccine development efforts against Trypanosoma cruzi.Acta tropica · 2019Review
- Interdisciplinary approach at the primary healthcare level for Bolivian immigrants with Chagas disease in the city of São Paulo.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Host and parasite genetics shape a link between Trypanosoma cruzi infection dynamics and chronic cardiomyopathy.Cellular microbiology · 2016Article
- An Analysis of and Recommendations for the Peruvian Blood Collection and Transfusion System.Journal of epidemiology and public health reviews · 2016Article
- PREVALENCE OF CHAGAS DISEASE AMONG BLOOD DONOR CANDIDATES IN TRIANGULO MINEIRO, MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2015Article
- Chagas disease and transfusion medicine: a perspective from non-endemic countries.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue · 2015Review
- Integrated control of Chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem--a review.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2015Article
- Prevalence and trends of markers of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human Immunodeficiency virus in Argentine blood donors.BMC infectious diseases · 2014Article
- Trypanosoma cruzi infection and host lipid metabolism.Mediators of inflammation · 2014Review
- Prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, and human immunodeficiency virus in transfused children in Kinshasa.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2013Article
- Development of recombinant hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers.Antioxidants & redox signaling · 2013Review
- Motivation and social capital among prospective blood donors in three large blood centers in Brazil.Transfusion · 2013Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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2 authors.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Appropriate selection of donors, use of sensitive screening tests, and the application of a mandatory quality assurance system are essential to maintain the safety of the blood supply. Laws, decrees, norms, and/or regulations covering most of these aspects of blood transfusion exist in 16 of the 17 countries in Latin America that are the subject of this review. In 17 countries, there is an information system that, although still incomplete (there are no official reports on adverse events and incidents), allows us to establish progress made on the status of the blood supply since 1993. Most advances originated in increased screening coverage for infectious diseases and better quality assurance. However, in 2001 to 2002, tainted blood may have caused infections in 12 of the 17 countries; no country reached the number of donors considered adequate, i.e., 5% of the population, to avoid blood shortages, or decreased significantly the number of blood banks, although larger blood banks are more efficient and take advantage of economies of scale. In those years, paid donors still existed in four countries and replacement donors made up >75% of the blood donors in another eight countries. In addition, countries did not report the number of voluntary donors who were repeat donors, i.e., the healthiest category. In spite of progress made, more improvements are needed.
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