ISBT separately comments (21 Feb. 2013). "....However, we, are as yet uncertain as to the full impact that a listing might have on WHO member states. We, therefore urge the committee to take the time to consider this in detail when making a decision, for the reasons outlined...."
Did nurse's delay in ordering blood result in death & multi million $ award? University Med. Ctr. v. Beglin, 2009-SC-000289-DG, 2009-SC-00839-S.W.3d-(11/1/2011)-KY. Nurs Law Regan Rep 2012 Jan;52(8):1.
Fascinating case of interest to physicians, nurses, medical technologists about delay in ordering blood, inc. physician opting to wait for crossmatched units. Legal tidbits:
“Degree of reprehensibility of the defendant’s misconduct,” is the “most important indicium of the reasonableness of a punitive damages award”
US Supreme Court set 5 factors for determining reprehensibility of a defendant’s misconduct (Read verdict to discover them)
2012 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine: John Gurdon (UK) and Shinya Yamanaka (Japan)'For the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent': Nobel citation
"In many lower middle-class families, women serve best part of their food for male members of the family and often feed themselves with leftover food...."
In interim, director general, medical director, directors of laboratory & blood bank, BB technical supervisor sacked. BB Director & technical supervisor fined SR10,000 each (~$2,738 CDN)
Lincoln, Illinois: Biotest plasma center expanding (15 Mr. 2013) | Plasma donations grew from 12.5 million (2006) to >23 million (2011). In Lincoln, Biotest pays $40 per donation & donors can donate 2x/week.
Case centred on “medical malpractice involving a negligent failure to maintain adequate blood stock, procure emergency blood in a timely manner, and have blood available to treat an obstetrical emergency.”
Halpern v. Wake Forest Univ. Health (28 Feb. 2012) (Fascinating case: Med student diagnosed with 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder' dismissed from medical school for unprofessional conduct. He sued, lost, & appealed, again losing.)
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