Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division

 Mandate:

Through surveillance, risk assessment and targeted research, the Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division communicates, recommends, stimulates and manages the development and promotion of a national management/policy structure to reduce the risk of bloodborne pathogens (including community acquired bloodborne infections) and biological injuries due to blood transfusion and tissue and organ transplantation including xenotransplantation.

• Bloodborne Pathogens Section
• Nosocomial and Occupational Infections Section
• Statistics and Risk Assessment Section
• Transfusion-Transmitted Injuries Section

 Diseases and Infections/Injuries:

• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Transfusion-Transmitted Infections/Injuries
• Bloodborne Parasitic Diseases
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• Emerging Bloodborne Agents
• Other Bloodborne Agents

 Resource Centre

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