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What if blood collected tests positive for a disease?

April 26, 2017blood collected disease positive tests

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What if blood collected tests positive for a disease?

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If testing indicates that a unit of blood may pose a threat, it is destroyed. The donor is appropriately disqualified. The donor is then entered into the deferred donor database and prevented from giving blood.

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If testing indicates that a unit of blood may pose a threat, it is destroyed. The donor is appropriately disqualified. The donor is then entered into the deferred donor database and prevented from giving blood. the donor is contacted about the positive test result.