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You know that blood products are screened for a number of sexually transmitted diseases and other infectious products before transfusions, right? Off the top of
by epmaybe 7y ago
You know that blood products are screened for a number of sexually transmitted diseases and other infectious products before transfusions, right? Off the top of my head, HIV, hepatitis, syphilis, and CJD among others. I'd imagine this list is similar in every country.
There's always a theoretical risk of getting an infection from blood transfusions. In the US there is a reported risk of < 1:1,000,000 for HIV post transfusion, but that is because we did not test for it in the past. We have been for at least a decade if not more.