Transfusion-transmitted retrovirus and hepatitis virus rates and risk factors: Improving the safety of the US blood supply through hemovigilance (NHLBI)
Transfusion-transmitted
retrovirus and hepatitis virus rates and risk factors: Improving
the safety of the US blood supply through hemovigilance
(NHLBI)
No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
Information on current risk factors in
blood donors as assessed using analytical study designs is largely
unavailable in the US. This project represents a collaborative
pilot research study that will include a comprehensive interview
study of viral infection positive blood donors at the American Red
Cross (ARC), Blood Systems Inc. (BSI) and New York Blood Center
(NYBC) in order to identify the current predominant risk factors
for virus positive donations and will also establish a donor
biovigilance capacity that currently does not exist in the US. At
this time it is not easy to integrate risk factor data and disease
marker surveillance information within or across different blood
collection organizations because common interview procedures and
laboratory confirmation procedures are not being used and so we
cannot easily tabulate and analyze behavioral risks or viral
infections in US blood donors. This creates the potential for gaps
in our understanding of absolute incidence and prevalence as well
as risks that could lead to transfusion-transmitted
disease.
US Code:
42
USC 258b-3 Name of Law: Ensure the overall safety of the blood
supply
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the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
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