HCV screening

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FA for the medicine clerkship has "donor blood is curently not screened for HCV" as a learning point.

Is this accurate?
If so, can anybody elaborate on the reasoning?

 

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FA for the medicine clerkship has "donor blood is curently not screened for HCV" as a learning point.

Is this accurate?
If so, can anybody elaborate on the reasoning?

http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_555_,00.html