Temporal Trends in Transfusion –Transmissible Infections Risks and Monitoring of Donor Risk Factors in the US Blood Supply Project (TTIMS)

National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute

Investigators

Abstract

NHLBI is providing support to HIV-related research activities within the FDA-led U.S. Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System (TTIMS). The project will include characterization of transfusion-transmissible infection marker risks in the U.S. blood supply with monitoring of temporal, geographic, and demographic trends, will provide a framework for evaluating the effect of new interventions on transfusion-transmissible infection risks and blood donor risk factors. The project will also establish a framework for evaluation of newly emergent or re-emergent infectious diseases of concern to the blood supply.