Krever Report on Blood System in Canada - Criminal Charges are now being taken. (RCMP Blood Task Force).
The entire Krever Commission Report, Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada is available from Health Canada:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/krever/
Krever Commission Report
On November 26, 1997, Health Minister Allan Rock, on behalf of the federal government, released the final report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (Krever Commission).
On November 25, 1998, the Health Minister observed the first anniversary of the report by reaffirming
the federal government's
commitment to blood safety. He added that Health Canada took action concerning each one of the commission's
final
reccommendations that concerned the Department.
Report - Table of Contents
How to obtain the report
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Access PDF files archived in the National Library of Canada Electronic Collection. (This requires free Adobe Acrobat software for viewing). The original printed report consists of 1138 pages; expect delays when accessing online documentation.
Table of Contents
Volume 1
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Some Important Milestones: HIV and AIDS, 1981-94
Some Important Milestones: Hepatitis, 1965-95
PART I: Introduction
The Scope and Nature of the Inquiry
Blood: Blood Components and Blood Products
PART II: The Canadian Blood System at the Emergence of AIDS
Introduction
The Canadian Red Cross Society
The Search for Self-Sufficiency in Fractionation
The Canadian Blood Committee and Its Relationship with the Canadian Red Cross
The Bureau of Biologics and the Regulation of Blood and Blood Products
The Public Health Environment
The Care and Treatment of Hemophilia
PART III: The Canadian Response to Threats to the Safety of the Blood Supply The Emergence of AIDS
The Recognition of AIDS as a Blood-Borne Disease
Canada's Early Response to the Emergence of AIDS AIDS: Safety in Blood and Blood Components
Measures to Reduce the Risk of Contamination
The Introduction of Testing for HIV Antibody&
Notifying the Recipients of Contaminated Blood and Blood Components
Volume 2
AIDS: Safety in Blood Products
The Risk in Factor Concentrates
The Conversion to Heat-Treated Concentrates
Safety in Heat-Treated Concentrates
The Decline of the Domestic Fractionation Industry
Treatment of Hemophiliacs in the Era of AIDS
AIDS: Responses Outside the Blood Program
The Public Health Authorities: Information about AIDS
Contact Tracing
The Risk to the Sexual Partners and Children of Hemophiliacs Hepatitis: Safety in Blood Components and Blood Products
The Nature and History of Hepatitis
Surrogate Testing
Canada's Rejection of Surrogate Testing
The Canadian Response to Post-Transfusion Hepatitis: Commentary
The Consequences of the Contamination of the Blood Supply
Volume 3
PART IV: International Responses to the Risk of HIV in the Blood Supply
International Milestones: HIV and AIDS, 1981-8
The United States
Australia
France
Germany
Japan
The Netherlands
The United Kingdom
Comparative Tables
PART V: Safety of Plasma Derivatives
Safety of Plasma Derivatives: The Role of Regulation
PART VI: Towards a New Blood System
The Blood Supply System in Canada: Systemic Problems in the 1980s
The Need for Reform of the Current System
The Initiative of the Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Governments to Reform the Blood System
Financial Assistance for Blood-Associated Injury
The Blood System for the Future Afterword Appendices
Although every care has been taken to assure the integrity of the online documentation presented here, only the official printed version shall be considered authoritative.
Krever Commission Report © 1997 Public Works and Government Services Canada
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