
TY  - JOUR
A1  - W Smith, David 
T1  - Testing algorithms for blood: what should we test?
JF  - Microbiology Australia
JO  - Microbiol. Aust.
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SP  - 22
EP  - 24
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MA05022 
N2  - Ensuring the safety of blood and tissues used for donation has been a priority of government and the health system for decades, and it has been extremely successful. While there are a large number of organisms that may be transmitted by blood transfusion (Table 1), many of these are rare or non-existent within the Australian donor population and the major concerns are hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. These three are present within the Australian donor population, are readily transmitted by blood transfusion, and have the potential to cause serious, incurable illness in the recipient. 
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