JULY 9, 2018

FDA Changes Zika Blood Screening to Pooled Testing

By IDSE News Staff

The FDA recently announced it will no longer test each individual blood donation for Zika virus and instead will test pooled donations.

“One of the FDA’s critical public health responsibilities is ensuring the safety of the nation’s blood supply. To help protect the blood supply from infectious diseases, the FDA continually assesses the latest scientific information available to ensure that our blood deferral and testing recommendations best safeguard the