European Commission 21 December 1994, COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION ON BLOOD SAFETY AND SELF- SUFFICIENCY IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COM(94) 652 final Brussels, 21.12-1994 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION ON BLOOD SAFETY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY A 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BLOOD AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 2.1 Blood as a therapeutic substance 2.2 Blood as a transmitter of diseases 2.3 Blood as a commodity 2.4 The blood transfusion chain 2.