High-Throughput Sequencing Used To Identify Pathogens in Donated Blood Ensuring a safe blood supply requires multiple strategies and is continually evolving with new, emerging pathogens. Researchers in Switzerland recently… May 24, 2017
Large-Scale Iron Testing Feasible for Blood Centers Iron deficiency is a common problem among frequent blood donors. The Canadian Blood Services recently sought to identify donors at… March 29, 2017
Zika-Positive Blood Donations Can Be Inactivated Using Pathogen Inactivation Technologies Emerging infections, such as the Zika virus (ZIKV), continue to surface due to global travel, migration, and the spread of… February 15, 2017
Platelet Counts in Blood Donors Deferred for Hemoglobin Are Variable Repeat blood donors make up a significant proportion of the blood donor pool in the United States. Recent studies have… January 25, 2017
Blood Donation Intervals Should Be Extended to 180 Days To Avoid Iron Deficiency Most blood collection agencies require a 56-day minimum interval between donations of whole blood to allow hemoglobin levels to return… November 2, 2016
Low Rate of HIV Testing Among High-Risk Blood Donors in Brazil As part of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS-II), researchers analyzed 341 HIV-positive blood… September 20, 2016
Surveys Report Fewer Blood Collections and Transfusions in 2013 The AABB Blood Collection, Utilization, and Patient Blood Management Survey and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National… September 7, 2016
Mandatory Blood Screening to Prevent Transfusion-Transmission of Zika Virus Two platelet transfusion recipients acquired the Zika virus from their transfusions, as recently reported in The New England Journal of… August 29, 2016
FDA Recommends Screening Blood for Zika Virus in South Florida after Reports of Local Transmission Last week, the Florida Health Department reported four local mosquito-borne cases of Zika virus in South Florida. Currently, officials believe… August 1, 2016
Most Blood Donors Are Motivated by Altruism The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) is currently monitoring more than 50% of the U.S. blood donations. From 2010 to… July 27, 2016
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