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Bloodborne Infections in Blood Donors (BIBD)

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The epidemiology of infections among blood and tissue donors and recipients

The NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)/Health Protection Agency (HPA) Centre for Infections Surveillance Programme is a series of national schemes, which monitor infections in blood and tissue donors and transfusion recipients; benefiting patient safety and public health.

These pages provide background information and data from these surveillance schemes. Additionally, information on the NHSBT testing of antenatal samples is presented.