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Transfusion Medicine
Nucleic acid-amplification testing further safeguards nation's blood supply
September 9th, 2004
State-of-the-art testing systems to screen donated blood have improved the safety of the nation's blood supply by preventing the transmission of potentially deadly viruses, according to a new study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Nucleic acid-amplification testing (NAT) has helped prevent the transmission of approximately five HIV-1 infections and 56 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections each year since it began being used in the United States as an investigational screening test in mid-1999. The study is published in the New England Journal of Medicine (2004;351:760-768). ...
Source: Blood Weekly (2004-09-09)
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