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The cost will increase but that can in some way be taken care of with lower outdating (platelets and quarantine plasma). However that can be taken care of in your logistics. The problem is that you can't prevent transfers of every sort of pathogen and you get at least some loss. The use on PRT is a proactive way to deal with pathogens. The amount of patients dying of acute transfusion transmitted infectious diseases are few but many of those getting bacteria contaminated platelets are on antibiotics or could be treated in time which could explain that. At the moment there are no commercial available PRT for red cells or whole blood. When dealing with plasma PRT, some countries do not allow specific PRT to some patients. Most studies have shown that but a few have shown otherwise. The loss of platelets during pathogen reduction can be dealt with by increasing the amount you start with if these platelets are hemostatically equivalent to control platelets. All PRT comes with a loss of what you would like to preserve. PRT would be a more convenient way to deal with that problem. We always have emerging pathogens both new and those that are reвЂђemerging. There are studies indicating that even if the bacterial screening was reactive it did not stop the transfusion due to different reasons. Is the sample representative? How long should the sample be cultured before release etc. Bacterial screening, mandatory in many countries in Europe and the USA, has decreased the risk. The infection prevalence ranges between 1:1000 and 1:5000 per platelet concentrate unit, while the risk in red cells is much lower. Bacteria are a main problem in platelet preparation due to the storage conditions. In western countries bacterial contamination of transfusions products is more frequent than viral infections. Always with some loss of the substance you would like to have left. Pathogen reduction techniques (PRT) have been used for many years in the production of plasma derivates mainly to omit transfer of viruses. A different way is to be proactive and have some sort of pathogen reduction technique. First you need to know what pathogens are involved and then you must have a test. Testing of pathogen is always a reactive way of avoiding transmission.

Increased testing of the donors has also reduced pathogen transfer.

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The introduction of вЂњdouble cleansingвЂќ combined with a sample pouch has reduced the risk of skin contamination from the donor to the collection bag. However due to the fact that it is a transfusion of allogeneic cells from one person to another there will always be a risk.Дifferent deferrals of donors due to risk behaviour have reduced pathogen transfers. Pathogen ReductionвЂђWhat Are The Advantages, What Are The Problems What Are The Costs?Д¬linical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, SwedenД«lood transfusions have never been safer.

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