Continuous improvement has led to a very high degree of microbial safety of transfusion. Four issues are likely to impact the future of this safety. There will be further advances in the efficacy and efficiency of donation testing and pathogen reduction, increasing safety and hopefully eliminating unnecessary procedures. While system failures have been essentially eliminated, there will be ongoing, unpredictable issues that are inevitable. Emerging infections are likely the greatest concern and will continue, although advances in science and technology will permit increasingly rapid responses to outbreaks. Finally, the practice of transfusion may eventually impact safety as usage of blood is reduced and perhaps as alternatives to conventional blood components are developed.
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