Transfusion Medicine

CDC reports on blood safety monitoring

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 27th, 2003

Since 1998, CDC has collaborated with approximately 140 federally funded hemophilia treatment centers, through the Universal Data Collection (UDC), to monitor blood product safety.

In addition to blood safety concerns, UDC helps to detect viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus infections. A new report, published in the January 3, 2003, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, presents findings of an investigation conducted during May 1998-June 2002 that identified 1149 seroconversions for hepatitis viruses among people with bleeding disorders who were enrolled voluntarily in UDC.

None of these cases was attributable to blood products...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2003-01-27)

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