Surveillance of risk profiles among new and repeat blood donors with transfusion‐transmissible infections from 1995 through 2003 in the Netherlands

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effectiveness of blood donor selection, this study reports risk profiles of donors with transfusion‐transmissible infections as obtained by ongoing surveillance, 1995 through 2003, in the Netherlands.

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