This chapter discusses the risks of disease transmission by transfusion and the approaches
being taken to minimize those risks. Transmission of syphilis by blood transfusion was …

Although the major diseases transmitted by transfusion today are AIDS and hepatitis, many
others also are known. These include CMV, syphilis, Chagas disease, babesiosis …

The public demand for a" zero-risk" blood supply in the wake of transfusion-transmitted HIV
has prompted many changes in the donor selection process, donor testing, and …

Blood transfusion is associated with a number of potential risks, including the transmission
of infectious diseases. Although a zero-risk blood supply may never be attainable, much …

EARLY TRANSWSIONISTS WERE well-attuned to the fact that blood transfusion had the
potential to transmit specific properties in the donor's blood to the recipient. Although their …

The procedures designed to minimize the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
transmission through transfusion include donor self-exclusion, health history questions …

The awareness that some sexually transmissible diseases can also be transmitted by blood
transfusion is not new to the Transfusion Service. Over the years, we have gained …

Numerous infectious diseases are transmissible by blood, with AIDS and hepatitis being the
predominant concerns today. Less in the limelight, but nonetheless blood transmissible, are …

As a result of significant progress in reducing the risks of transfusion-transmitted viral
infections, bacterial contamination of platelet components (1: 2,000) and sepsis (1: 50,000) …

(Table 1), AIDS has certainly been the major focus of public and scientific concern over the
past five years. Since the spring of 1985, all volunteer blood donors have been screened for …