| Date Posted |
Subject |
| Jan. 20, 2011 |
Follow up from a donor who had been deferred due to a false positive anti-HIV screening test |
| Mar. 13, 2008 |
Frustration
of a repeat blood donor who was permanently deferred
due to a false positive HIV antibody-screening
test ADDENDA Mar. 17 |
| Oct. 16, 2007 |
Blood
product recall for a donor testing positive in
an EIA for HIV antibodies but indeterminate in
an HIV-1 Western Blot and negative for HIV-1 RNA
by NAT ADDENDA Nov. 18 & 27 |
| July 11, 2007 |
Management
of donors who are repeat reactive on Treponema
pallidum specific antibody tests but non-reactive
on enzyme immunoassay or other fluorescent treponemal
antibody confirmatory tests ADDENDA July
27 & Aug 27 |
| Aug. 18, 2006 |
Under what circumstances can an individual be reinstated as a prospective blood donor after being deferred for acknowledging that the reason they wanted to donate blood was to get an HIV test? ADDENDA Aug. 24 |
| Feb. 20, 2006 |
Should a blood donor who has had a repeat reactive test result for anti-HTLV I/II with an indeterminate Western Blot in 2002 be allowed to donate blood in 2006, given that they have had repeated follow up tests for anti-HTLV I/II, and provided the individual in question is otherwise qualified to donate and currently tests negative by all required donor screening tests? ADDENDA Feb. 21 & 23 |
| June 19, 2004 |
Re-entry of donors who tested positive in an HCV ELISA antibody screen but RIBA-negative, prior to implementation of HCV-RNA testing ADDENDA June 22; Jan. 28, 2009 |
| Mar. 10, 2004 |
Notification of donors who test HIV and/or HCV ELISA positive but confirmatory testing is indeterminate or negative ADDENDA Mar. 12 |
| Jan. 22, 2004 |
Protocols
for re-entry of blood donors who are HIV-1 EIA-reactive
but Western blot negative ADDENDA Jan.
23 & 30; July 11 & 27, Aug. 7, 2007 |
| Apr. 3, 2003 |
How do blood collection centers manage subsequent donations by donors who choose the confidential unit exclusion ('CUE') option? ADDENDA April 4, 6, 7, 9 & 14 |
| May 22, 2002 |
Screening for sickle cell trait and informing blood donors of the test results |
| Oct. 15, 2001 |
Notification of patients and donors about abnormal test results related to blood donor testing ADDENDA Oct. 15, 16, 17, 18 & 22 |
