-transparent.png){kind=logo}
Between 5 March and 12 April 1990, we assessed transfusion practices and the risk of transfusion-associated HIV transmission in all the hospitals and medical centres in Kinshasa, Zaire. Of the 733 hospitals and medical centres surveyed, 62 (8.5%) transfuse blood. Of 3741 units of blood transfused in February 1990, 1045 (27.9%) were not screened for HIV infection. Eighteen out of 62 centres (29%) received HIV test kits on a regular basis. Twenty of the centres (32.3%) recorded HIV test results. Major blood group cross-matching was done by 9.7% (six out of 62) of the centres. Bacteriological results indicated contamination in 17% (four out of 23) of stocked blood units, 6.4% (four out of 62) of solutions for disinfections, and 22% (13 out of 59) of sterilized instruments (possessed by 59 centres only). Transfusion practices in Kinshasa are associated with considerable health risks. The establishment and appropriate supervision of HIV screening facilities should be integrated into primary health-care programmes in order to increase safe transfusions in Kinshasa.
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
June 1990,
AIDS (London, England),
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
August 1988,
AIDS (London, England),
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
September 1987,
The American journal of gastroenterology,
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
March 1989,
World Health Organization AIDS technical bulletin,
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
June 1988,
Annales de la Societe belge de medecine tropicale,
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
May 1989,
The American review of respiratory disease,
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
January 1991,
Antibiotics and chemotherapy,
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
December 1987,
Annales de la Societe belge de medecine tropicale,
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
September 1990,
AIDS (London, England),
I N'tita, and
K Mulanga, and
C Dulat, and
D Lusamba, and
T Rehle, and
R Korte, and
H Jäger
April 1992,
AIDS (London, England),
