Transmissible Disease Testing at CBS
Date:
March 16, 2010
Time:
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location:
1-866-752-7690 ID 1775282
Speaker(s):
Margaret Fearon, MD, FRCP(C)
Objectives:
1. Learn about current and future donor testing performed at CBS
2. Understand screening and confirmatory testing algorithm
3. Learn about new pathogens which may have an impact on the blood supply
Reference List:
1. Infectivity of human immunodeficiency virus-1, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus and risk of transmission by transfusion. Kleinman SH, Lelie N, Busch MP. Transfusion. 2009 Nov;49(11):2454-89. Epub 2009 Jul 21. No abstract available.
2. Current incidence and estimated residual risk of transfusion-transmitted infections in donations made to Canadian Blood Services. O'Brien SF, Yi QL, Fan W, Scalia V, Kleinman SH, Vamvakas EC. Transfusion. 2007 Feb;47(2):316-25.
3. Transfusion-transmitted viral infections: building bridges to transfusion medicine to reduce risks and understand epidemiology and pathogenesis. Busch MP. Transfusion. 2006 Sep;46(9):1624-40. No abstract available.
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