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Byron A. Myhre, MD, PhD

JAMA. 1980;244(12):1333-1335.

Abstract
From April 3, 1976, to Dec 31, 1979, one hundred thirteen fatalities were reported to the Food and Drug Administration as a sequela of the transfusion of blood or blood products. Thirty-three fatalities were due to posttransfusion hepatitis, and three involved plasmapheresis or leukopheresis donors. The remaining 77 cases were of three categories: 47 cases (61%) were due to "clerical errors" such as drawing the wrong blood specimen or giving the wrong unit of blood to the patient; eight cases consisted of genuine errors that occurred in the laboratory; and 22 cases were due to miscellaneous problems, most of which were unpreventable.

(JAMA 244:1333-1335, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, UCLA, and the Harbor General Hospital Campus, Torrance, Calif.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor General Hospital Campus, 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90509 (Dr Myhre).

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