False‐reactive microbiologic screening test results in Swedish blood donors—how big is the problem? A survey among blood centers and deferred donors

BACKGROUND: Screening of blood donors for markers of transfusion‐transmissible infectious agents leads to a varying number of false‐reactive test results and sometimes thereby temporary or permanent deferral of donors and also to loss of collected units.

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