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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Personal Freedom and Public Responsibility: Remaining Questions after First Case of HIV Transmission via Blood Transfusion in North Serbia.

Jasmina Grujić, Nevenka Bujandrić, Pavle Banović

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jasmina GrujićBlood Transfusion Institute of Vojvodina, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-3092-4768
Nevenka BujandrićBlood Transfusion Institute of Vojvodina, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0001-7331-5562
Pavle BanovićDepartment of Prevention of Rabies and Other Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0001-7902-6606
University of Novi Sad · RS

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The reduction in the risk of transfusion-transmissible infections (including HIV infection) is an essential part of transfusion patient care. Here, we report the first incident of HIV transmission via transfusion in north Serbia due to blood donor dishonesty, and the failure of the laboratory screen tests to detect the presence of HIV particles in his blood. Infected blood products were distributed to two recipients, and HIV infection was confirmed in one. This incident finally led to the implementation of Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology as mandatory testing of blood donors for HIV infection in Serbia and raised many questions related to the responsibility and ethics of all the participants in the blood transfusion supply chain. There is a need for the implementation of modern and non-discriminative laws in Serbia in order to reduce transfusion-transmissible infections. In addition, transfusion institutes in Serbia need to be obliged to pursue the constant upgrade of their diagnostic capacities in order to prevent similar incidents and to provide the best possible care for blood donation recipients.

Indexed as

blood and transfusion safetyblood donor ethicsHIVpatient blood managementpre-transfusion compatibility teststransfusion-transmissible infections

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PMID35893219
PMCPMC9332804
OpenAlexW4288067283

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