B Acad Nat Med Paris
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The creation of University Hospital Centers (CHU) in 1958 paved the way for the modern era of medical research in France. A large number of initiatives have subsequently been implemented, one on top of the other, without proper integration within the existing infrastructure. This has resulted in an excessively complex organization of work undertaken in hospitals, universities and research agencies. ⋯ Nevertheless, IHUs will not integrate the different partners' specific missions of each parteners. In the Netherlands, University Medical Centers have been created within a single organization. Ten years later this set-up has proved to be highly successful and could serve as a model for future restructuring of French University Hospital Centers.
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B Acad Nat Med Paris · Dec 2010
Review[Universal implementation of pathogen inactivation in labile blood products is a major step towards transfusion safety].
Transfusion of labile blood products (red cell concentrates, platelet concentrates and plasma) is vital in the absence of alternatives. Patients and doctors have always feared infections transmitted by blood, blood components and blood-derived drugs. It is potentially dangerous to delay implementation of pathogen inactivation in labile blood products pending a perfect process. Universal implementation of pathogen inactivation in labile blood products is a major step towards transfusion safety.