Substantial improvement in the safety of blood transfusion has been achieved through the
addition of new tests, such as nucleic acid tests, yet residual risk associated with transfusion …

Substantial increments in the safety of blood transfusion have been achieved through
continued improvements in donor testing, yet residual concern about the safety of blood …

Despite the increased safety of blood achieved through continued improvements in donor
testing, concern remains about the safety of blood components. Transfusion of cellular …

Despite the increased safety of blood achieved by continued improvements in donor testing,
concern remains about the safety of blood products. Currently, prevention of infectious …

LTHOUGH increased safety of blood components has been achieved through continued
improvements in donor testing, concern remains about the safety of blood products. A recent …

Despite the increased safety of blood components, achieved through improved donor
selection and testing, transfusion recipients remain at risk of transfusion-associated …

Advances in safety of blood transfusion in clinical practice principally relate to preventing
transfusion-transmitted infections (TTI). Epidemiological studies of TTI have resulted in the …

As a consequence of the many blood-safety interventions introduced since the mid-1980s,
the major causes of transfusion-associated mortality have shifted from being mainly due to …

Current strategies to reduce the risk of transmissible, transfusion-associated infections rely
on donor deferral and testing procedures, filtration or gamma irradiation of blood products to …

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 …