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Author: Zhu Haiqi
2020-12-31 17:26
Last update date: 2020-12-31 17:28
The Hospital Authority announced today (31st) that a blood donor had confirmed that his platelets had been transfused to a Queen Elizabeth Hospital patient. The patient died of his own disease the next day.
According to the Hospital Authority, the chance of transmission of the new coronavirus through blood is low, and the case will be referred to the Coroner's Court for follow-up.
He Wanxia, Chief Administrative Manager (Patient Safety and Risk Management) of the Hospital Authority, said that the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Center received a notification from a blood donor yesterday (30th) that the blood donor was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.
The victim had donated blood at the blood donation station in Mong Kok on the 17th of this month. He was asymptomatic at the time. He also passed the center's declaration and temperature test. The blood donors and employees present wear masks, and believe that the risk of infecting others is low.
He Wanxia pointed out that the new coronavirus is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract rather than blood.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Lu Yiming)
He Wanxia also claimed that the blood donor's platelets had been transfused to a patient in Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the 20th of this month. The patient had no adverse reactions, but died of her own disease the next day.
She revealed that the patient had severe vascular disease and believed that the cause of death was related to the transfusion of the pack of platelets.
She explained that the new crown virus is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract rather than the blood. The center will test the blood-borne AIDS and other viruses, but understands that the community is worried that the HA will refer the case to the Coroner's Court for follow-up, and will also do it for the deceased. Detection.
As for the confirmed blood donor, He Wanxia pointed out that other blood products have been recovered and destroyed.
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