The BEST Criteria to Decide Whether or Not to Culture Suspected Blood Components Life-threatening septic transfusion reactions (STR) can occur when blood components are contaminated with bacteria. Definitive diagnosis of STR, however, may… May 8, 2019
Chagas Disease Screening for Family Members of Positive Blood Donors Chagas disease (CD) is a zoonotic infection caused by blood sucking Trypanosoma cruzi—a parasite that infects over 6 million people… April 10, 2019
Babesia and Bacterial Contamination Most Frequent Transfusion-Transmitted Infections Based on hemovigilance data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), viral transfusion-transmitted infections (TTI) are rare while bacterial contamination… January 30, 2019
How Cost-Effective Is Zika Virus Screening? In 2016, the United States began mandated screening of individual donations for the Zika Virus (ZIKV) using nucleic acid testing… October 31, 2018
Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates among Reinstated MSM Donors In December 2016, the American Red Cross began collecting blood from men who have sex with men (MSM) in… October 17, 2018
Pathogen Reduction Technologies and Hemostatic Efficacy of Platelets Pathogen reduction technologies (PRTs) for platelets inactivate known and unknown viruses, bacteria, and parasites in addition to inactivating white blood… July 18, 2018
Revisiting Zika virus screening for donated blood In 2015, the Zika virus (ZIKV) rapidly spread to the Americas and other countries, and four possible transfusion-transmission cases were… May 10, 2018
Zika Virus RNA Can Shed for More Than 6 Months in Semen from Some Infected Men The Zika virus (ZIKV), which has now spread to at least 48 countries including the United States, is associated with… April 18, 2018
FDA Approves Babesia microti Screen for Plasma and Whole Blood Donations One to two thousands cases of babesiosis are reported in the United States (U.S.) each year, mainly in the Northeast… March 14, 2018
Variation in Practice to Reduce Transfusion-Transmitted Cytomegalovirus While cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are usually asymptomatic, they can be life-threatening for neonates, transplant recipients, and other immunosuppressed patients receiving… December 20, 2017
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