Anonymous Donor Testing
Donors are screened for the antibodies to HIV-1, HIV-2, HTLV-I/II, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, chlamydia, CMV, and gonorrhea at the initial screening. The screenings are repeated every three months for as long as a donor is participating in the donor program. Because specimens are required to be quarantined for at least 180 days, donor specimens are not released until the donor has retested negative for the above tests.
The following laboratory tests are also performed during the initial screening:
- ABO and Rh
- Canavan disease (for Jewish donors only)
- chemistry panel
- chlamydia
- complete blood count
- cystic fibrosis (if indicated in donor's family history)
- cytomegalovirus (IgG and IgM)
- gonorrhea
- hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb)
- hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
- hepatitis C
- HIV-1
- HIV-2
- HTLV-I
- HTLV-II
- semen analysis
- semen culture and sensitivity
- sickle-cell Disease (for African and African American donors only)
- syphilis
- Tay-Sachs disease (for Jewish or French Canadian donors only)
- thalassemia (for donors of Mediterranean origin)
The following tests are repeated every three months:
- chemistry panel (ALT value)
- chlamydia
- complete blood count
- cytomegalovirus (IgG and IgM)
- gonorrhea
- hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb)
- hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
- hepatitis C
- HIV-1
- HIV-2
- HTLV-I
- HTLV-II
- semen culture and sensitivity
- syphilis