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Current viral risks of blood and blood products
1American Red Cross, Rockville, MD 20855, USA. dodd@usa.redcross.org
Annals of Medicine
|November 22, 2000
Abstract:
A number of viruses may be transmitted by blood transfusion, the most important of these are HIV, human T-cell lymphotrophic retrovirus (HTLV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV). A series of overlapping safety measures are in place and are being improved and supplemented continuously. As a result, the risk of transmission of these viruses in the USA has been reduced to between one and four per million blood components transfused.