The classic (ie, syphilis, human immunodeficiency virus, viral hepatitis viruses, and malaria)
transfusion-transmitted pathogens have been well controlled. The combination of careful …

Since the 1970s, introduction of serological assays targeting virus-specific antibodies and
antigens has been effective in identifying blood donations infected with the classic …

THE BLOOD SUPPLY IN THE UNITED States and other developed countries has never
been as safe as it is now. During the past several decades, there have been dramatic …

For many decades, infectious disease was considered to be an unfortunate but unavoidable
consequence of transfusion. However, since the early 1970s, the sequential introduction of …

Exploring the risks and risk-prevention strategies of blood transfusions, this text compiles a
breadth of information to reveal in a broad context the reactions, immunological …

Over the past decades, the incidence of clinically significant transfusion‐transmitted
diseases has been dramatically reduced. These reductions have occurred because of a …

Although the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections today is lower than ever, the supply of
safe blood products remains subject to contamination with known and yet to be identified …

Blood transfusion is an important aspect of medicine and patient safety plays a very
important role. A myriad of blood-borne infectious agents can be potentially transmitted …

A variety of emerging infections are of interest to transfusion medicine clinicians, but
zoonotic pathogens, those maintained in nonhuman hosts and transmitted to humans, have …

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 …