Public Health Service Inter-Agency Guidelines for Screening Donors of Blood, Plasma, Organs, Tissues, and Semen for Evidence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

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• Alternative Title:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, April 19, 1991 / Vol. 40 / No. RR-4: Public Health Service Inter-Agency Guidelines for Screening Donors of Blood, Plasma, Organs, Tissues, and Semen for Evidence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Alter, Miriam J. ; Evatt, Bruce L. ; Margolis, Harold S. ; Biswas, Robin ; Epstein, Jay S. ; Feinstone, Stephen M. ; Finlayson, John S. ; Tankersley, Donald ; Alter, Harvey J. ; Hoofnagle, Jay H.
• Description:
  Several infectious agents transmit through infected blood and blood products. To decrease the potential for disease transmission, donors are screened for risk factors by medical history and for evidence of infection by specific testing. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently requires that all donations of whole blood and transfusable components as well as plasma for fractionation into injectable derivatives be subjected to a serologic test for syphilis, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and antibody to the human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV). The FDA also currently recommends testing donations of whole blood and components for transfusion for antibody to human T lymphotropic virus type I (anti-HTLV-I) and antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV), and is considering recommending testing for antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc). Blood banks in the United States voluntarily began testing donations for anti-HBc and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in 1986 and 1987 and for anti-HCV in 1990.
• Subjects:
  Blood Donors Female Hepacivirus Hepatitis Antibodies Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Virus Hepatitis C Humans Infant Male Mass Screening Pregnancy Sensitivity And Specificity Sperm Banks Tissue Donors

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 1991; v. 40, no. 4, p. 1-17 (17 pdf pages)
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print)
• Pubmed ID:
  1850496
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  p. 1-17 (17 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  40
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Guidelines and Recommendations
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7321/cdc_7321_DS1.pdf
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