What type of medical screening and testing is done?
In order to ensure the safety of the donor and of the final therapies, significant testing and medical screening is conducted of source plasma donors. Most countries in the U.S. and Western Europe require all plasma donors to have a pre-donation physical, including medical history questions, tests for syphilis (not required in all EU countries), hepatitis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), total plasma protein and hematocrit/hemoglobin levels, and urinalysis (not necessarily done in all EU centers). Industry’s International Quality Plasma Program (IQPP) requires additional donor screening, such as drug abuse testing and donor education on high-risk behavior and residency requirements. IQPP standards are not necessarily introduced in all EU member centers.
