Blood Banking (HIV Transmission)

Faulty Blood Screenings Prompts HIV Tests; 68 Learn Infected

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 22nd, 1999

Faulty blood screenings by a New York, USA, laboratory prompted nearly 6,000 people to undergo follow-up tests for HIV and other diseases, and 68 of those tested learned they were infected, a doctor said.

But in 27 of those cases, transfusions have been completely ruled out as the source of the infection, and there is no evidence indicating blood donors caused the diseases in the rest of the patients, said Dr. Joseph Kiss of the Central Blood Bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Late in 1998, the New York Blood Center notified recipients in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; and Memphis, Tennessee, that blood had been improperly tested for...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-03-22)

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