Budget impact of implementing platelet pathogen reduction into the Italian blood transfusion system.

DISCUSSION: In order to fully evaluate the societal perspective of implementing platelet PRT, the increase in costs must be balanced against the expected benefits (prevention of transfusion-transmissible infections, white cell inactivation, extension of platelet storage, discontinuation of pathogen detection testing). Further studies based on actual numbers of platelet transfusion complications and their societal cost at a local level are needed to see the full cost to benefit ratio of platelet PRT implementation in Italy, and to promote equal treatment for all citizens. PMID: 30201081 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Blood Transfusion - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Blood Transfus Source Type: research