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  Blood centers follow five layers of rigorous safety procedures:
  • Blood donor eligibility standards
  • Individual screening
  • Laboratory testing
  • Confidential exclusion of donations
  • Donor record check
     
Thirteen tests are performed on every unit of donated blood. Eleven of those tests are used to screen for infectious diseases, including:
  • Hepatitis (a liver infection)
  • HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)
  • HTLV-I (a virus associated with a rare form of leukemia)
  • HTLV-II
  • Syphilis


Learn more about Blood Safety and Testing.
 

 
 
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