Which Infectious Blood Donors Could Be Identified by the Donor History Questionnaire - Comparison of Blood Donors Infected with HIV or HCV with Notified Cases from General Population in Germany | Zendy

Karina Preußel | Zendy; Ruth Offergeld | Zendy

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Which Infectious Blood Donors Could Be Identified by the Donor History Questionnaire - Comparison of Blood Donors Infected with HIV or HCV with Notified Cases from General Population in Germany

Author(s) -

Karina Preußel,

Ruth Offergeld

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

transfusion medicine and hemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1660-3818

pISSN - 1660-3796

DOI - 10.1159/000481829

Subject(s) - medicine , donation , population , blood donor , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , blood transfusion , immunology , environmental health , economics , economic growth

Potential risks for transfusion-transmissible infections are identified by donor history questionnaires (DHQs), and donors with higher risks are deferred from donation. We assessed to which extent the currently used DHQs support the identification of infections among blood donors.

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