Document 0410
 DOCN  M9460410
 TI    [HIV-screening in bone transplantation]
 DT    9404
 AU    Bettin D; Dethloff M; Polster J; Steinbeck J; Fiedler R; Orthopadische
       Klinik Munster.
 SO    Unfallchirurg. 1993 Dec;96(12):636-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94174316
 AB    Tissue transplantation obviously always involves the risk of HIV
       transmission. Since 1980, the Orthopaedic University of Muenster has
       conducted careful anamnestic and laboratory screening in 62 donors.
       Epidemiological investigations show that 90.1% of HIV-positive people in
       Germany are between 20 and 50 years old. For 25 donors (40%) the results
       of the HIV antigen test performed in the recipients of the other organs
       guaranteed HIV negativity. A further 17 donors (28%) were outside the
       epidemiologic risk group aged between 20 and 50 years. Tissue from all
       20 other donors (32%) was subjected to a secondary sterilization method,
       e.g. fumigation with ethylene oxide or irradiation with 25 kGy.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Aged  *AIDS Serodiagnosis  *Bone Transplantation
       English Abstract  Female  Human  HIV Infections/*PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Male  *Mass Screening  Middle Age  Risk Factors
       Tissue Banks  *Tissue Donors  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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