As it stated in nytimes
All Donated Blood in U.S. Should Be Tested for Zika, F.D.A. Says
All Donated Blood in U.S. Should Be Tested for Zika, F.D.A. Says
PhotoThe Food and Drug Administration on Friday took steps to safeguard the nation's blood supply from the Zika virus, calling for all blood banks to screen donations for the infection even in states where the virus is not circulating.The recommendations are an acknowledgment that sexual transmission may facilitate the spread of Zika even in areas where mosquitoes carrying the virus are not present.Officials also want to prepare for the possibility that clusters of local infection will continue to pop up in parts of the United States for years to come.
furthermore newsweek
Why the FDA Recommended It for All Blood Donated in U.S.
Why the FDA Recommended It for All Blood Donated in U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Friday that all blood donated in the United States and its territories be tested for Zika virus, as it moves to prevent transmission of the virus through the blood supply.The agency said its decision to expand blood screening in the United States was based on concerns about more cases of local transmission in Florida, the growing number of travel-related infections and concerns that Zika-tainted blood could unwittingly be given to a pregnant woman, putting her unborn baby at risk of severe birth defects."The transfusion of a pregnant woman with blood infected with the Zika virus could have terrible consequences," Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said during a conference call with reporters.
by the same token on mystateline
FDA Recommends That All Blood Collected in the U.S. Be Screened
FDA Recommends That All Blood Collected in the U.S. Be Screened
"Today the FDA issued an advisory that they would like to see all blood collected in the United States tested for the Zika virus."The Food and Drug Administration is revising its guidelines for blood donations in an effort to prevent Zika's spread.This new advisory means that now all U.S. states, including here in Illinois, will begin testing their blood donations for Zika.
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