Now available from the CPHA Health Resources Centre!

The Krever Commission Final Report:
Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada

ISBN 0-660-17230-5
Order #H0294 (3-volume set)
$74.95 Canadian

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).

The Commission was established October 4, 1993. It held over 250 days of
public hearings and heard
from over 350 witnesses. The Commission released its interim report in
February of 1995.

Justice Krever emphasized that many problems of the blood system
resulted from lack of coordination
among the various institutions involved. Since February 1996, provincial
and territorial governments, and
others concerned with the blood system have been working cooperatively
to develop a new structure for
Canada's blood system. Governments have agreed that the new system will
be operated under a new
single agency, the Canadian Blood Services. The new agency will be
accountable and open to public
scrutiny. A Transition Bureau has been established to manage smooth
transition to the new system.

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For a synopsis of the report, go to:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/datapcb/communc/home/krever/k_main_e.html

Ian Culbert
Manager, Health Resources Centre
Canadian Public Health Association
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