Document 0195
 DOCN  M95A0195
 TI    Is the unpaid/paid donation debate for better or for worse?--advantages
       of unpaid donations.
 DT    9510
 AU    Contreras M; North London Blood Transfusion Centre, UK.
 SO    Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 1994 Dec;5 Suppl 4:S27-8. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95315439
 AB    It is suggested that the best quality blood and blood products are
       obtained from voluntary unpaid donations as these are given for genuine
       altruistic reasons. Voluntary donors have no reason to give false
       information about lifestyle factors which might place them at risk of
       transmitting infectious agents. There is therefore a reduced risk of
       obtaining blood during the 'window' period of HIV infection. In addition
       if a component of a donation transmits an infectious agent, the
       fractionation plant can be informed to exclude the plasma from that
       donation or even recall the pertinent blood products. Several countries
       are already self-sufficient in blood and blood products, based on a
       voluntary, unpaid donor system.
 DE    Altruism  AIDS Serodiagnosis  Blood Banks/*ECONOMICS  *Blood
       Donors/PSYCHOLOGY  *Fees and Charges  Hepatitis, Viral,
       Human/BLOOD/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Human  HIV
       Infections/BLOOD/PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Risk  Safety  Truth
       Disclosure  *Voluntary Workers  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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