Handling and prevention of medical disputes caused by suspected AIDS infection via blood transfusion / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Medical disputes caused by suspected AIDS infection via blood transfusion are characterized by high sensitivity, involvement of many persons, great difficulty in carrying out investigation and obtaining evidence, and demand for a large compensation. The key to handling this kind of medical dispute lies in clarifying whether there is a causal relationship between the blood transfusion and the AIDS infection, whether there have been illegal activities in the process of blood collection and transfusion, and whether there is a causal relationship between such activities and the AIDS infection. In addition, the partys right of privacy should be protected. Measures of prevention include handling without gloves activities of illegal blood supply and collection and the arrangement for other people selling their blood; strictly assessing and consolidating the blood centers; blood centers and hospitals jointly preventing the spread of AIDS via blood transfusion; taking proper care of the raw data of blood supply and collection; and speeding up the establishment of an insurance system for blood transfusion and the implementation of the States plans for AIDS prevention and treatment.