Donor‐Derived Infections

Publication Date: April 1, 2019
Last Updated: March 14, 2022

Recommendations

Risk mitigation

All donors should have medical and social histories obtained to identify individuals at increased risk of transmitting HIV, HBV, and HCV. (Low, Strong)
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NAT should be used to test all donors for HCV and in increased risk donors for HIV and HBV. Interpretation of the residual risk of undiagnosed infection in NAT negative donors needs to be contextualized with when the testing was performed relative to the eclipse period post‐exposure. (Low, Strong)
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In living donors, donor testing should be done as soon as practically possible before donation but no later than 28 days prior to organ recovery. Living donors should also be screened for relevant endemically limited infections based on exposure history of the individual donor. (Low, Strong)
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Overview

Title

Donor‐Derived Infections

Authoring Organization

American Society of Transplantation