Blood donor screening for HIV infection: introduction in the United Kingdom and Europe and its impact on transfusion medicine

1987 ◽  
pp. 161-181
Author(s):  
D. B. L. McClelland
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Transfusion Medicine ◽  
Donor Screening ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Blood Donor Screening

HIV Seroprevalence in Healthy Blood Donors in Northeastern Zaire

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 284-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip R Fischer ◽  
Remy M Toko
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Entire Population ◽  
High Seroprevalence ◽  
Hiv Seroprevalence ◽  
Donor Screening ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Blood Donor Screening

Summary: Despite high seroprevalence rates in some parts of Africa, there is notable variation in prevalence between population subgroups. To document changes and trends in HIV seroprevalence in northeastern Zaire, 1989 to 1992 blood donor data were reviewed. Overall, 2453 donors were tested with seropositivity varying from 2.8% in 1989 to 6.9% in 1992. The increase in seropositivity was significant for men (2.5 to 5.8%, P = 0.017) and for people residing in rural areas (2.0 to 6.1%, P = 0.0008) but not for women (5.4 to 8.6%, P = 0.15) nor for urban individuals (10.5 to 8.6%, P = 0.55). These findings suggest that: 1) HIV infection is spreading in previously less-affected population subgroups rather than increasing widely in the entire population, 2) the HIV epidemic could be reaching a plateau or endemic phase in northeastern Zaire, and, 3) continued blood donor screening and wise transfusion practices are needed.

Efficacy of Selected versus Random Blood Donor Screening for Anti-HTLV-I Antibodies

Vox Sanguinis ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Vrielink ◽  
C.L. Poel ◽  
H.W. Reesink
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Donor Screening ◽  
Blood Donor Screening

Comparison of the prevalence of Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus in a population of cats with uveitis and in a healthy blood donor cat population in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily C. Jeanes ◽  
Michaela L. Wegg ◽  
Judy A. Mitchell ◽  
Simon L. Priestnall ◽  
Lorraine Fleming ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Healthy Blood Donor ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
The United Kingdom

Impact of Innovations on Transfusion Medicine

1999 ◽  
Vol 123 (8) ◽  
pp. 672-676
Author(s):  
Ronald A. Sacher ◽  
S. Gerald Sandler
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Growth Factors ◽  
Blood Supply ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Blood Component ◽  
Blood Transfusions ◽  
Transfusion Medicine ◽  
Blood Conservation ◽  
Blood Donor Screening

Abstract The final decade of the last century of the second millennium ad has seen dramatic changes in all aspects of science and health care. In transfusion medicine, the blood supply is the safest it has ever been. Newer refinements and innovations are continuously being researched and implemented to achieve and further enhance safety. Advances in blood conservation, pharmacologic manipulation, engineered blood derivatives, and recombinant growth factors can now provide safer and more effective alternatives to blood transfusions for many patients. This overview highlights selective innovations in transfusion medicine and emphasizes some significant advances that have occurred in blood donor screening, blood component collections and therapy, and laboratory testing. Newer technologies are anticipated that will further enhance the safety of blood and transfusions and potentially augment annually the blood supply on a worldwide basis.

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