Candidates aged
FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children aged Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Noting that the U.S. Public Health Service guidance recommends that all transplant candidates should receive HIV, HBV, and HCV testing during hospital admission for transplant surgery, Rebecca J. Free, M.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues reviewed surveillance data from the CDC on estimates of HIV, HBV, and HCV infection rates in the United States.
The researchers found that infants and children aged
“This revised guideline is intended to limit the potential risk for unnecessary blood volume loss associated with infectious disease testing,” the authors write.
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