id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-331289-02411gfv Di Minno, Giovanni Current concepts in the prevention of pathogen transmission via blood/plasma-derived products for bleeding disorders() 2015-07-20 .txt text/plain 8171 395 43 In general, clinicians assess the level of risk associated with the use of blood/ plasma-derived products by evaluating factors such as patient characteristics (e.g. age, immune status, geographical location, lifestyle) and the nature of the pathogen (e.g. physical characteristics, level of virulence, chronicity of infection, prevalence). Current donor selection and screening practices have improved our ability to detect or reduce the presence of pathogens in blood/plasma-derived products; for example, the residual risk of transfusion-transmitted infection (TTI) with HIV/HBV/HCV has fallen to near or less than 1 per million transfused units [14, 15] . Since TTV is often detected in healthy individuals and is not associated with any particular disease, routine screening for this virus is not considered to be necessary; even a test with excellent sensitivity/specificity would not contribute to increase the level of safety of blood/plasma-derived products with regard to TTV. ./cache/cord-331289-02411gfv.txt ./txt/cord-331289-02411gfv.txt