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European Journal of Health Law 11 : 155-168, 2005. 153 © 2005 Koninklijke Brill N.V. Printed in the Netherlands Patients’ Right to Health Protection and Quality and Safety of Blood(Products) VEELKE DERCKX AND HENRIETTE ROSCAM ABBING * 1. Introduction In December 2003, the Health Secretary of the United Kingdom informed the parliament of the death of a person who was probably victim of the variant Creutz- feldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). This because of transfusion of blood in 1996 from a donor who had been incubating vCJD. As a precautionary measure, the United Kingdom decided to exclude from blood-donation all those who had received a blood transfusion since January 1980. Following this event, the Dutch organisation in charge of the blood supply, Sanquin, asked the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport to apply the same measure in the Netherlands. This request did not receive a positive answer because the measure was considered inefficient, the risks for the health of blood recipients were considered extremely low as sofar no cases of vCJD had been detected in the Netherlands yet, and the chance that cases would occur was considered very small. After a second case of infection with vCJD through blood in
European Journal of Health Law – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2005
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