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FDA approves first test for screening Zika virus in blood donations

October 5, 2017Drug Recalls & Safety Notices, Drug Safety Information Podcasts, Food & Drug Recalls, Food Safety Newsadmin

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the cobas Zika test, a qualitative nucleic acid test for the detection of Zika virus RNA in individual plasma specimens obtained from volunteer donors of whole blood and blood components, and from living organ donors.

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