Blood donations UK, 2015
The risk that testing would NOT detect a HBV, HCV or HIV infection is less than one in a million
Bacterial screening prevented transfusion of potentially harmful bacteria including Serratia marcescens, Streptococcus bovis, Streptococcus agalactiae an E.coli and allowed early referral of donors where significant
bacteria were isolated eg S.bovis
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