Blood donors carry viruses

Sat, 14 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The local chapter of the Indonesian
Red Cross said that some of the blood it had received from donors
turned out to be contaminated by a virus associated with
hepatitis or sex-related diseases, Antara reported.

Citing an example, the head of the blood transfusion unit,
Said Husin, said that in July, 18 packets of plasma were found to
be contaminated.

"We contacted the donors immediately to inform them that they
were carrying some virus," Said said. (emb)

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