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Trends in incidence and prevalence of major transfusion-transmissible viral infections in US blood donors, 1991 to 1996. Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS)S A Glynn
Westat, WB 280, 1441 W Montgomery Ave, Rockville, Md 20850 2062
JAMA 284:229-35. 2000..Evaluating trends in blood donor infectious disease rates is essential for monitoring blood supply safety and donor screening effectiveness...
Does prevalence of transfusion-transmissible viral infection reflect corresponding incidence in United States blood donors?Baoguang Wang
Westat, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Transfusion 45:1089-96. 2005..Prevalence, however, is readily available. Understanding whether prevalence reflects corresponding incidence may help blood centers monitor disease risks...
The RADAR repository: a resource for studies of infectious agents and their transmissibility by transfusionS H Kleinman
Westat, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Transfusion 45:1073-83. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: RADAR is a contemporary donor-recipient repository that can be accessed to study the transfusion transmissibility of emerging agents...
Repeat whole-blood and plateletpheresis donors:unreported deferrable risks, reactive screening tests, andresponse to incentive programsS A Glynn
Westat, Rockville, Maryland 20850-2062, USA
Transfusion 41:736-43. 2001..CONCLUSION: Incentives that were associated with the greatest donor appeal and that minimized the potential recruitment of more risky donors were identified...
Comparison of demographic and donation profiles and transfusion-transmissible disease markers and risk rates in previously transfused and nontransfused blood donorsB Wang
Westat, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Transfusion 44:1243-51. 2004..Little is known, however, about the impact of indefinite deferral of transfused donors on blood safety and availability in the US...
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and screening in United States blood donorsU K Sharma
Westat, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Transfusion 41:1341-50. 2001..Increased knowledge of HIV transmission and behavioral and test screening may encourage high-risk blood donors to self-defer...
Prevalence of transfusion-transmissible viral infections in first-time US blood donors by donation siteB Wang
Westat, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Transfusion 43:705-12. 2003..Understanding the donor base, infectious disease prevalence, and donation loss at various blood donation sites will help maximize blood collection efforts and blood availability...
Prevalence, donation practices, and risk assessment of blood donors with hemochromatosisA M Sanchez
Westat, WB 266, 1650 Research Blvd, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
JAMA 286:1475-81. 2001..Increased knowledge of hemochromatosis donor characteristics may help foster further changes that will promote more donations...
First-time blood donors: demographic trendsY Wu
Westat, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Transfusion 41:360-4. 2001....
Incidence rates of viral infections among repeat donors:are frequent donors safer?G B Schreiber
Westat, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Transfusion 41:730-5. 2001..Incidence rates (IRs) for viral infections may vary with the frequency of donation among repeat, community, whole-blood (WB) donors, with IRs thought to be lower among donors with higher frequency of donation...
Do blood donors read and understand screening educational materials?S E Rugege-Hakiza
Westat, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Transfusion 43:1075-83. 2003..Blood donors with high-risk behaviors may not self-defer because they failed to read or understand the screening educational materials...
First year donation patterns predict long-term commitment for first-time donorsG B Schreiber
Westat, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Vox Sang 88:114-21. 2005..Converting first-time donors to become regular donors continues to be a challenge facing blood centres. We examined whether first-time donors with frequent return in the first 12 months were more likely to become regular donors...
The Leukocyte Antibody Prevalence Study-II (LAPS-II): a retrospective cohort study of transfusion-related acute lung injury in recipients of high-plasma-volume human leukocyte antigen antibody-positive or -negative componentsSteven H Kleinman
Westat, Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Transfusion 51:2078-91. 2011..We used a multicenter retrospective cohort study design to evaluate whether human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody donor screening would reduce the risk of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) or possible TRALI...
Factors influencing donor returnKaren S Schlumpf
Westat, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Transfusion 48:264-72. 2008..To predict future blood donation behavior and improve donor retention, it is important to understand the determinants of donor return...
Detection of West Nile virus RNA and antibody in frozen plasma components from a voluntary market withdrawal during the 2002 peak epidemicL H Tobler
Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
Transfusion 45:480-6. 2005..At the time, the prevalence of viremia and serologic markers for WNV in the blood supply was undefined...
Multicenter comparison of serologic assays and estimation of human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence among US blood donorsP E Pellett
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 43:1260-8. 2003....
