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Articles by Øystein Flesland
Lack of clarity about 'patient safety incidents'
- Alma Mulac,
- Solrun Elvik,
- Øystein Flesland
15.04.2024:
Two neonates are lying side by side in a maternity ward. A nurse notices that one infant has no name tag. The other infant is experiencing breathing difficulties, and it is discovered that the infant has received the wrong medication. Both are examples of incidents that should not happen, i.e...
Convalescent plasma from Norwegian blood donors to treat COVID-19
- Lise Sofie Haug Nissen-Meyer,
- Tine Torsvik Steinsvåg,
- Mona Høysæter Fenstad,
- Ingvild Hausberg Sørvoll,
- Marte Hvalryg,
- Thomas Larsen Titze,
- Karin Magnussen,
- Gunn Kristoffersen,
- Kathrine Margrethe Neuman Johnsen,
- Abid Hussain Llohn,
- Brita Hermundstad,
- Lilja Synnøve Høiback,
- Morten Haugen,
- Einar K. Kristoffersen,
- Line Boulland,
- Anne-Marte Bakken Kran,
- Fridtjof Lund-Johansen,
- John Torgils Vaage,
- Øystein Flesland,
- Tor Audun Hervig
03.08.2023:
Convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 is a blood component from a donor who has recovered from COVID-19. Despite uncertainty about its efficacy, many countries, including Norway, initiated the collection and use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma. The set-up and background of the Norwegian...
COVID-19 patients treated with convalescent plasma
- Lise Sofie Haug Nissen-Meyer,
- Magnhild Eide Macpherson,
- Linda Gail Skeie,
- Marte Hvalryg,
- Abid Hussain Llohn,
- Tine Torsvik Steinsvåg,
- Mona Høysæter Fenstad,
- Anders Tveita,
- Einar K. Kristoffersen,
- Tatjana Sundic,
- Fridtjof Lund-Johansen,
- John Torgils Vaage,
- Øystein Flesland,
- Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise,
- Jan Cato Holter,
- Tor Audun Hervig,
- Børre Fevang
03.08.2023:
COVID-19 convalescent plasma (NORPLASMA) (1) first became available to Norwegian patients in the spring of 2020. The Norwegian Directorate of Health recommended use of the product in patients who were at risk of developing a severe/life-threatening course of COVID-19, where the attending doctor...
COVID-19 convalescent plasma from Norwegian blood donors
- Lise Sofie Haug Nissen-Meyer,
- Tor Hervig,
- Børre Fevang,
- Gunnstein Norheim,
- Anne-Marte Bakken Kran,
- John Torgils Vaage,
- Øystein Flesland
14.06.2022:
The collection and use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 has taught us important lessons about the organisation, testing and selection of blood donors and patients. This is knowledge that can be used in the next pandemic. Convalescent plasma is plasma taken from survivors of a severe...