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dc.contributor.authorSantovenia, José M. Ballesteres_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued2003es_ES
dc.identifier.citationSantovenia, José M. Ballester (2003) El Programa de Medicina Transfusional de Cuba. Rev Panam Salud Publica;13(2/3) 160-164,feb.-mar. 2003. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rpsp/v13n2-3/15733.pdfes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rpsp/v13n2-3/15733.pdfes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8396
dc.format.extenttabes_ES
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;13(2/3),feb.-mar. 2003es_ES
dc.titleEl Programa de Medicina Transfusional de Cubaes_ES
dc.title.alternativeThe Transfusion Medicine Program in Cubaes_ES
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesCuba's Transfusion Medicine Program (TMP) is a subsystem of the country's National Health System. The TMP's objective is to ensure hemotherapy with blood that is safe and sufficient for all the individuals who need it. The TMP subsystem is made up of the National Commission on Transfusion Medicine, the Institute of Hematology and Immunology, 37 clinical services, 44 blood banks, 120 collection centers, 19 mobile units, and 37 blood certification laboratories. Additional facilities include a laboratory for plasma separation, a laboratory that produces leukocyte interferon and transfer factor, and two laboratories that produce reagents for blood classification and blood diagnosis systems. In Cuba, blood donation is voluntary. Since 1997 approximately 5 percent of the population per year has donated blood, thus meeting the goal recommended by the Pan American Health Organization of one voluntary blood donation annually for every 20 persons. During 2002, 563 204 blood donations were received, and there were 445 898 transfusions of blood or blood components. All donations are individually screened for HIV 1 and 2, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphilis, thus meeting the country's current regulations. In 2002 these screening measures led to discarding, respectively, 0.12 percent, 0.60 percent, 0.71 percent, and 1.8 percent of the blood donations. Although the prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus I and II in Cuba is very low, this test will soon be added to the screening process (AU)en_US


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