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ReviewTransfusion medicine reviews2017

Challenges and Research in Managing Blood Supply in China.

Yongming Zhu, Dongfu Xie, Xun Wang, Kaicheng Qian

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Review in Transfusion medicine reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yongming ZhuShanghai Blood Center, WHO Collaborating Center for Blood Transfusion Services, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: ymzhu@sbc.org.cn.
Dongfu XieShanghai Blood Center, WHO Collaborating Center for Blood Transfusion Services, Shanghai, China.
Xun WangShanghai Blood Center, WHO Collaborating Center for Blood Transfusion Services, Shanghai, China.
Kaicheng QianShanghai Blood Center, WHO Collaborating Center for Blood Transfusion Services, Shanghai, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although considerable progress has been made in improving the blood service system in China over the last 2 decades, many challenges remain. A number of issues have received public attentions; however, others continue to be underacknowledged and controversial. This article describes 3 of these important and less emphasized issues: first, the ambiguity of the definition of voluntary nonremunerated blood donation and its relationship to an adequate blood supply; second, the current inadequacies of cost recovery from the blood service system; and third, the lack of a universally implemented program of hemovigilance. Currently, there is controversy regarding these challenges. Open recognition and discussion offers the prospect of bringing solutions closer to reality.

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Biomedical ResearchBlood BanksBlood DonorsBlood SafetyChinaHumansTransfusion MedicineCost assessmentCost recoveryDonor motivationHemovigilance

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PMID28073616
PMCPMC7126996

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