Do you really trust blood transfusion?

Malaysia
April 13, 2007 9:29pm CST
Have you ever wonder you or your loved one need to go for blood transfusion and the blood that you're getting is infected with HIV, Hep C or Hep B? How much your trust blood transfusion? How is your life is gonna be after that?
4 responses
jason_co
@jason_co (407)
• Philippines
2 May 07
as a medical technologist, I work in the laboratory at a hospital. i trust blood transfusion because we properly screen it with HIV, HBsAg, HCV and other blood transmitted diseases. But a doctor said to me one time that even how compatible it is to a patient, it is not guaranteed 100% it will survive in the patient's body (the blood I mean). that's why as much as possible not to receive a blood transfucion, do it. But if not, theres no other way but to have one.
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badaiprk
@badaiprk (69)
• Malaysia
4 May 07
That is a biocompatibility issue...This is more serious considered in inventing a new implant material and artificial organs such as heart... As for the blood transfusion, I had an information from one of my friend who work in a hospital lab - he's doing the blood screening job... According to him, the method that we're using for Blood screening is the ELISA method..ELISA method cannot be 100% sensitive to someone who is just started being infected by the virus (HIV, Hep C and B)..only after a couple of weeks, when the virus become active in that person body (in his blood), only then the ELISA method will become 100% sensitive to detect the virus.. But anyway, my friend told me that the possiblity of this to happen is really2 small and almost to zero possibility...
Karlo111187
@Karlo111187 (237)
• Philippines
2 May 07
yes i do. if the blood is properly screen by a trustworthy laboratory or hospital.
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prabodh1987
@prabodh1987 (297)
• India
15 Aug 07
The blood is properly tested for all the possible kinds of Blood related diseases, I completely trust Blood Tranfusion
rahuldmhatre
@rahuldmhatre (736)
• India
6 May 07
yes i do...blood from blood banks is tested for hiv, hepatitis b,c , syphillis, etc, cross matched and only then it is declared safe for transfusion.just take care that you get blood from government blood banks and not some private blood banks
badaiprk
@badaiprk (69)
• Malaysia
8 May 07
Private blood banks is not safe? They are using the same procedures as the goverment blood bank..right? Perhaps you had heard of something bad with the private blood banks...