Infectious Disease Testing

Every blood donation goes through a thorough, multi-step process of quality control to safeguard the blood supply.

Each donor goes through a mini-physical and health history interview before every donation to verify that the donor is eligible to give blood.

Every collected unit of blood is thoroughly tested in a state-of-the-art Red Cross National Testing Laboratory before being released to a hospital. Units that are deemed unsafe are removed and disposed of properly. As many as 12 tests are done on every unit.

The American Red Cross and federal regulators agree the blood supply is safer today than it has ever been.