Blood pressure vaccine shot down by safety concerns

Parental vaccine safety concerns in 2009.

OBJECTIVE Vaccine safety concerns can diminish parents' willingness to vaccinate their children. The objective of this study was to characterize the current prevalence of parental vaccine refusal and specific vaccine safety concerns and to determine whether such concerns were more common in specific population groups. METHODS In January 2009, as part of a larger study of parents and nonparent...

Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety review of pentavalent vaccine safety concerns in four Asian countries

Since 2008, Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) vaccine has increasingly been introduced into Asian countries immunisation programmes. Hib vaccine has mainly been introduced as a combination pentavalent vaccine, which has replaced the traditional DTwP or DTPwP-HepB vaccines. As expected with the introduction of a new vaccine, there has been increased attention to serious adverse events following...

blood safety concerns in the eastern mediterranean region

Blood safety concerns in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Blood transfusion is a life-saving component of health care systems. Nevertheless, it can also be a quick and easy method of exposing patients to risks, particularly the transmission of infectious agents to recipients. Despite substantial improvements in the safety of transfusion services worldwide, the presence of paid and replacement blood donors are still of cause concern for ensuring sustai...

Assessing ambulatory blood pressure in renal diseases: facts and concerns.

Office blood pressure (OBP) measurement has protions. Additionally, the upcoming ban on the use of mercury in developed countries, already a practice in vided the basis for what is known about the potential risk associated with hypertension and has guided the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands, has led to the almost inevitable conclusion that the Riva patient management for many years. ...