Monday, June 8, 2009

Poll Results - Will the Feb. '09 vCJD scare in the UK affect your consideration of using a human or bovine sourced hemostat or sealant?


We asked "Will the Feb. '09 vCJD scare in the UK affect your consideration of using a human or bovine sourced hemostat or sealant?"

50% said YES
20% said NO
13% said DEPENDS ON THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF PRODUCT
16% said MAYBE

Obviously human and animal sourced products do exhibit some concerns for many.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello! - They stopped making products from human & bovine plasma years ago - so this incident has NO relevance to human palsma sourced hemostats.

Anonymous said...

Hi to you also! - Question:
From what source do King Pharmaceuticals and Vascular solutions manufacture their products from?.....
Answer: Cows
Question: From what source is J&J's Ethicon product evithrom manufactured?..........
Answer: People

Take care but please do some homework

hemostatguy@gmail.com (hemostat guy) said...

The point being made by the first poster is regarding a combination human/bovine product, I am guessing????
The purpose of the poll was simply to ascertain reaction to using biological hemostatic devices derived via human or bovine sources, and impact of the scare.........if any.
Obviously prions are of concern human,bovine etc just as scrapie in sheep, and all potential leaps of severe viral animal too human transmission.
The Poll purpose is to examine the reaction to these threats.
Appreciate your comments, why not take it to the Forum http://medicalhemostat.10.forumer.com/index.php