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Title

International workshop : HIV testing and quality assurance for blood transfusion centres in regional and peripheral hospitals : proceedings.

Author

International Workshop on HIV Testing and Quality Assurance for Blood Transfusion Services in Regional and Peripheral Hospitals (1992 : Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

Publication

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : [s.n., 1992?]

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Details

Description

vii, 81 leaves : ill.; 29 cm.

Alternative Title

HIV testing and quality assurance for blood transfusion centres in regional and peripheral hospitals

Subjects

• Hospitals > Quality control > Africa, Eastern > Congresses
• Hospitals > Quality control > Africa, Central > Congresses
• Blood banks > Africa, Central > Congresses
• Blood banks > Africa, Eastern > Congresses
• HIV infections > Diagnosis > Africa, Eastern > Congresses
• HIV infections > Diagnosis > Africa, Central > Congresses

Note

• "International Workshop on HIV Testing and Quality Assurance for Blood Transfusion Services in Regional and Peripheral Hospitals, Dar es Salaam, 19-20 October 1992"--Leaf 60.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (leaf 73).

Language (note)

• In English and French.

Contents

Feasibility, performance, and costs of ELISA versus rapid assays for anti-HIV screening of donor blood in peripheral hospitals in Tanzania / W.M.V. Dolmans ... [et al.] -- Performance of rapid anti-HIV assays for screening of donor blood under field conditions in Africa / F. Heessen ... [et al.] -- Anti-HIV antibody testing in body fluids at low cost / Klokke A.H. ... [et al.] -- Report of field evaluation in Tanzania of simple/rapid assays for HIV-1 antibody / F. Mhalu ... [et al.] -- Recombigen HIV-1/2 slide immuno assay / Ocheng D. ... [et al.] ... WHO guidelines for quality assurance in HIV testing / J.C. Emmanuel -- HIV testing strategies and blood quality assurance / J. Nkurunziza -- Quality control on anti-HIV used for screening of donor blood under field conditions in Africa / F. Heessen -- HIV-CHEK 1+2 quality control : experience in Mbeya / J.B. Timba, Elisabeth Naegele, G. Riedner -- Quality control of HIV CHEK rapid assay by ELISA done on filter paper eluated sera / J.F. Shao, A.L. Sauvik -- Blood quality assurance : the importance of donor selection in Rwanda / J. Nkurunziza -- Reduction of HIV transmission through blood transfusion / B. Gumodoka ... [et al.] -- Country paper--Malawi / B. Chimera, T. Damaso -- Country paper--Tanzania Mainland / R.A. Lema ... [et al.] -- Blood safety in Zambia in the absence of a national blood transfusion policy / G. Muyinda, R. Msiska -- Country paper--Zanzibar / A.A. Othman, F.I. Ahmed -- Quality assurance for BTS to reduce HIV transmission through blood in Zimbabwe / S. Lloyd, J.C. Emmanuel -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Call Number

Sc F 01-444

LCCN

96981401

OCLC

39051293

Conference

International Workshop on HIV Testing and Quality Assurance for Blood Transfusion Services in Regional and Peripheral Hospitals (1992 : Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

Title

International workshop : HIV testing and quality assurance for blood transfusion centres in regional and peripheral hospitals : proceedings.

Imprint

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : [s.n., 1992?]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (leaf 73).

Language

In English and French.

Research Call Number

Sc F 01-444