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FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers
FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.Friday's advisory means all U.S. states and territories will need to begin testing blood donations for Zika.Previously, the FDA had limited the requirement to Puerto Rico and two Florida counties.
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FDA recommends screening of all blood donations for Zika
FDA recommends screening of all blood donations for Zika
Mosquitoes (Photo: Felipe Dana, AP)The Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended expanding the screening process for all blood donations in the U.S. as a precaution against contaminating the blood supply with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.The new recommendation expands the guidance to all U.S. states and territories.Previously, the FDA only advised screening in areas with active Zika cases, such as parts of Florida and throughout Puerto Rico.
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FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.
FDA recommends Zika testing 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 move to expand blood screening in the United States was based on concerns about increasing 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 in a conference call with reporters.
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