Hi, I would like to know if every pint of blood is tested when you donate blood.
Thanks

It probably depends on where you live, but in the "Western" world the answer is "yes".

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Originally Posted by shyanneleigh

Hi, I would like to know if every pint of blood is tested when you donate blood.
Thanks

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Yes--it is an FDA requirement that all blood be tested.

You .alll donated blood is checked for communicable diseases like HIV, HEPATITIS B AND C, VDRL for Syphilis , MALARIA.. this is mandatory acc. To FDA guidelines

Any blood pint positive for these diseases in discarded.

Amrut you forgot cmv testing as well as lyme disease. Those positive for CMV are not disgarded, they are just not given to infants or immunocompromised individuals.

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