Table 1. Parameters included in the donor screening processes of European HMBs (n = 123).

	Screening parameters	n (%)
Lifestyle criteria	Smoking	121 (98)
	Alcohol	122 (99)
	Drugs of abuse	120 (98)
	Medicines	122 (99)
	HIV risk	116 (94)
	Extreme diets	71 (58)
Serological screening	Hepatitis B	123 (100)
	Hepatitis C	123 (100)
	HIV*	123 (100)
	HTLVᶧ	66 (54)
	CMV¤	58 (47)
	ALAT/ASAT ratio†	9 (7)
	After travelling (specific tests depending on country visited)	46 (37)
	Syphilis	35 (28)
	Chagas disease	6 (5)
	No need to undergo a screening process	3 (2)

*Human immunodeficiency virus

ᶧHuman T-lymphotropic virus

^¤Cytomegalovirus

^†Aspartate aminotransferase / alanine aminotransferase.