TABLE 8.
Countries and territories with policies or guidelines on screening of blood donations for HTLV-1a
| WHO regionb | All donations | First-time donors only | Specific areas | Leucoreductionc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa region | Gabon (only at the National Centre for Blood Transfusion [no national formal policy]) | |||
| Eastern Mediterranean region | Saudi Arabia (469) | Iran (Khorasan) (470) | ||
| Europe regiond | French Guiana, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Romania, United Kingdom (222, 448, 471) | Denmark, Finland, France, Guadalupe, Martinique, Portugal, Sweden (27, 108, 448, 472) | Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (222, 448, 471–474) | |
| Region of the Americas | Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, USA, Uruguay (208, 226, 228, 438, 475–482) | Argentina, Venezuela (438, 483) | ||
| Western Pacific region | Australia, China (Taiwan), Japan, New Zealand (163, 222, 447, 455, 484) | China (222, 484) |
a
Adapted from reference 7 (published under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license).
b
No information was available for the South-East Asia region.
c
All blood or cellular components, or on medical request.
d
Includes overseas departments of France: French Guiana, Guadalupe, Martinique.