"Bloodsafety Resolution—August 1997"

Statement

By: Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability

Date: August 1997

Source: Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability. "Bloodsafety Resolution—August 1997." Available online at http://www.hhs.gov/bloodsafety/resolutions/resaug97.html; website home page: http://www.hhs.gov (accessed March 21, 2003).

About the Organization: The Blood Safety and Availability Advisory Committee was established in the early 1990s to prevent a reoccurrence of the tragedy of the 1980s in which HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was transmitted to many people through the national blood supply. The committee is made up of consumer advocates, bioethics experts, public health lawyers, health educators, transfusion experts, and hematology (blood) experts. Their task is to...

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