South African National Blood Service
JOHANNESBURG, July 25, 2011 -
Since 2005, SANBS
Has Eliminated Thousands of Transfusion-Transmittable Infections
from the Blood Supply
The South African National
Blood Service (SANBS) presented new data which demonstrated
that its use of Novartis nucleic acid testing (NAT) products to
screen donated blood for HIV and Hepatitis has resulted in a
significant increase in the safety of the South African blood
supply.
