Blood Transfusions
Screening for transmissible diseases
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) tests each unit of blood for the following transmissible diseases:
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- West Nile Virus
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1 and HIV-2)
- Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV-I and HTLV-II)
- Syphilis