Seyed-Moayed Alavian MD 1, Masoud Ahmadzad Asl MD 2, Maryam Keshvari MD 3, Bita Behnava MD 4, Bashir Hajibeigi MD 5 1 Associate Professor of Gastroenterology; Department of Gastroenterology, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences; Dean of Tehran Hepatitis Center, Tehran, Iran 2 Methodology and Statistics Consultant; Nikan Health Researchers Institute, Tehran Hepatitis Center, Tehran, Iran ...

despite importance of blood transfusion services as life saving procedures, some countries are unable to meet their national requirements for blood and blood components in a timely manner. since establishment of iran blood transfusion organization (ibto) in 1974 as an integral part of national health system, iran has experienced a drastic improvement both in availability and safety of blood and...

The history of early attempts of blood transfusion in Iran traces back to the 1940s; however, around three decades later in 1974, the Iranian National Blood Transfusion Service (Sazeman-e Melli-e Enteqal-e Khun-e Iran) was founded by the outstanding hematologist, Professor Fereydoun Ala. The main goals of this centralized organization were to collect blood from healthy voluntary donors, to scre...

T he 3rd International Congress on Transfusion Medicine was organized by the High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine (IRETM) and the Scientific Society of Blood Transfusion in Tehran, Iran on December 15–17, 2015. The World Health Organization (WHO), the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), the French Blood Establishment (L’Etablissement Français du Sang;...

Despite importance of blood transfusion services as life saving procedures, some countries are unable to meet their national requirements for blood and blood components in a timely manner. Since establishment of Iran Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) in 1974 as an integral part of national health system, Iran has experienced a drastic improvement both in availability and safety of blood and...

Research Center of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, Khorasan-e Razavi Blood Center, Mashhad, Iran. Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia. Biomedical Department, Women Research Center, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Communication and Network, Faculty of Computer Sciences and Information Techno...

transfusion of blood and its components/derivatives is a life saving medical intervention. however, this life saving procedure depends mainly on the availability of sufficient blood and its components in national health sector. therefore the overall safety of transfusion medicines including the safety of blood and its available components and the appropriate use of these components would direct...

n Iranian Journal of Parasitology Vol. 9, No. 1, Jan -Mar 2014, a paper entitled " Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Antibody Levels in Blood Supply of Shiraz Blood Transfusion Institute, Iran " by Shaddel et al. was published and prevalence of toxoplasmosis was reported as 23.6% in blood products. In this regard, following notes should be considered. Blood transfusion is an important lifesaving medical i...

background: malaria is the most important transfusion-transmitted infection (tti) in worldwide after viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. the main objective of the present study was to review and evaluate the transmission of malaria via blood transfusion in iran. methods : a literature search was done without time limitation in the electronic databases as follows: p...

introduction:blood-borne infectious agents are one of the main anxieties of blood transfusion organization in all countries. according to who, the blood healthy and blood safety is included ensuring and monitoring of quality and efficiency for all patients requiring blood transfusion. we at the current study intend that survey prevalence hiv ab, hcv ab, hbs ag among blood donors refer to the bl...