Blood Safety

Blood screening and vaccines lower the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections in Italy

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 14th, 2005

Blood screening and vaccines lower the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) in Italy.

"Estimating the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) is essential for monitoring blood safety. The residual risk of TTI was estimated for nearly 90% of the blood supply in Italy," researchers in Italy report.

"Study data were analyzed from 1,079,281 repeat donors, corresponding to 5,361,000 donations made in blood transfusion centers throughout Italy in the period 1999 through 2001. The residual risk of transfusion-transmitted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections was estimated...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2005-11-14)

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