title: Current issues in blood component therapy: transmission of infectious diseases.
abstract: The risk of contracting AIDS and hepatitis through blood transfusions has decreased over the past few years, thanks to a growing awareness of their natures and improved methods of blood screening. Testing blood donors for HIV antibody has greatly reduced the possibility of acquiring transfusion-associated AIDS. Routine use of ALT and anti-HBc testing will reduce the changes of hepatitis. And accepting blood only from CMV-negative donors can help prevent transfusion-associated CMV infections in susceptible recipients.
authors.affiliation: Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Menitove
mesh_terms: D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000635:transmission*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000635:transmission*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction