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Article: Hospital Council, Medical Association suggest AIDS testing for 1978-85 blood-transfusion recipients. (Hospital Council of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical Association)
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- November 12, 1987
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HOSPITAL COUNCIL, MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SUGGEST
AIDS TESTING FOR 1978-85 BLOOD-TRANSFUSION RECIPIENTS
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hospital Council of Southern California and the Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) issued a general advisory today, suggesting that all patients who received blood transfusions in hospitals between 1978 and March 1985 visit their physicians and consult with them regarding an AIDS test.
"Because donated blood could not be tested for AIDS antibodies between 1978 and March of 1985, some people who received blood transfusions during that period may be at risk of developing the disease," said ...