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3535180

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
A confidential self-administered questionnaire was given to all donors prior to blood donation (n = 95,917). The questionnaire describes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) high-risk groups and requires the donor to designate his blood for either laboratory purposes or for transfusion. Six-hundred and twenty-seven people (0.65%; 78% men) designated their blood for laboratory purposes. In addition to routine enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA) screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody, all units from the latter group of donors were tested by Western blot (WB) irrespective of the EIA result. An equal number of donor units was selected from those designating their blood for transfusion (age, sex and clinic matched) and these too were tested by WB irrespective of the EIA result. We found that donors designating their blood for laboratory purposes had a 10 times (vs transfusion-designated controls) to 100 times (vs general donor population) greater exposure to HIV. In the laboratory-designated group, an EIA negative donor was WB positive, yielding an estimated EIA false-negative rate of 16 per million. A confidential questionnaire, as described, is a valuable adjunct in ascertaining high-risk blood donors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0041-1132
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of a confidential method of excluding blood donors exposed to human immunodeficiency virus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article