U.S. FDA Advises Blood Community Regarding Monkeypox Virus The World Health Organization recently declared the current monkeypox epidemic a public health emergency. First identified in laboratory monkeys in… August 16, 2022
Updated FDA Guidance to Reduce Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued updated guidance to reduce the transfusion-related transmission risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease… June 1, 2022
Tracking HIV Drug Resistance and Subtypes in Blood Donors The risk of HIV transmission from blood transfusion is low (0.16 to 0.49 per million transfusions) but is still possible… June 22, 2021
Screening for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in U.S. Blood Donors In March 2020, just a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic began in China, the U.S. launched the REDS Epidemiology,… June 8, 2021
Transfusion-Transmission of Hepatitis E from Solvent/Detergent-Treated Plasma Scientists in France recently found evidence for possible hepatitis E virus (HEV) transmission in plasma treated with solvent/detergent from two… November 11, 2020
No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Transfusion Transmission or Viral Infectivity About 20-25% of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop severe symptoms, but many infected individuals are asymptomatic and may donate blood… October 21, 2020
Serosurveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from Blood Donations across the U.S. The RESPONSE (REDS-IV-P Epidemiology, Surveillance and Preparedness of the Novel SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic) Study aims to screen blood donations and monitor… October 7, 2020
Less than 2% of U.S. Blood Donations Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies In order to gain a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, the American Red Cross tested all blood donations from June… September 22, 2020
Minimal Concerns for HIV in the US Blood Supply after FDA Revised Guidance In 2015, the U.S. FDA revised guidance for blood donor deferral of men who have sex with men (MSM) from… September 15, 2020
Pathogen Reduction Reduces SARS-CoV-2 in Plasma and Whole Blood Similar to other respiratory viruses, it is suspected that SARS-CoV-2 is not transfusion-transmitted. Nevertheless, SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in plasma,… June 17, 2020
Transfusion Transmitted Infections