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Danish Measures for Prevention of Donor Transmitted Parasitic Infections – Sufficient ?
A true short case description (#18) was send to several Danish blood banks per email, asking “Given these findings, can I become a blood donor?” showed that:
+ Most blood banks knew the risk of transmission of such parasites by blood transfusion and answered correctly that – “this patient should never give blood !”
– The possibility of a given donor having sub-clinical TBI is, however, not routinely explored:
NO questions asked about previous TBI, NO tests done !
– “we rely on our donors being honest enough to tell us about their previous test results and symptoms”
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