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Background and Objectives
Australia introduced bacterial contamination screening (BCS) for platelet components in April 2008. This study presents analysis performed to assess the efficacy of testing.
Materials and Methods
Seven‐day aerobic and anaerobic culture is performed using the BacT/ALERT 3D system. Following an initial machine positive (IMP) flag, all associated components are recalled,...
Background and Objectives
Universal testing of blood donations for human T‐cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) in Australia may no longer be appropriate given the low prevalence of HTLV infection and the mitigating effect of universal leucodepletion for cellular components. This study aimed to determine the most appropriate HTLV testing strategy using the Risk‐Based Decision‐Making Framework for Blood...
Background and Objectives
We previously published a model to estimate the residual risk (RR) for occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) in the absence of universal anti‐HBc testing. To incorporate new information on the epidemiology of OBI, we describe model refinements and estimate a more accurate HBV RR due to OBI in Australia.
Materials and Methods
In our original model, the OBI risk, p(OBI), was...
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