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1 year, 9 months ago

Blood banks will soon stop segregating gay and straight blood donors

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All blood donors will receive the same questionnaires to fill out starting early next year to determine whether their blood or plasma is safe to use. The blood banks will not differentiate between donors who are gay, straight or another sexual orientation, said Sanquin, the foundation responsible for a safe blood supply in the Netherlands. “From the beginning of 2024, …

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3 years ago

Coronavirus antibodies in donated blood halves in two months

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The amount of antibodies against coronavirus found in blood given by vaccinated blood donors has halved in two months, according to donation agency Sanquin. The longer ago people were vaccinated, the fewer antibodies they have, Sanquin said, following research on blood donated by 2,200 people. ‘Antibodies for respiratory infections usually decrease quickly over time,’ said microbiologist and researcher Hans Zaaijer. …

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3 years ago

Coronavirus antibodies in donated blood halves in two months

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The amount of antibodies against coronavirus found in blood given by vaccinated blood donors has halved in two months, according to donation agency Sanquin. The longer ago people were vaccinated, the fewer antibodies they have, Sanquin said, following research on blood donated by 2,200 people. ‘Antibodies for respiratory infections usually decrease quickly over time,’ said microbiologist and researcher Hans Zaaijer. …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Sanquin to screen donors' blood for diseases

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From next year, blood bank Sanquin will screen the blood values of a group of donors to check for early stages of diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, immune issues, and cancer. Sanquin hopes to detect "subtle changes" in blood values that could indicate a developing problem, director Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi said to the newspaper. "At a time when cardiovascular disease, diabetes, …

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3 years, 2 months ago

AstraZeneca age group has fewer antibodies against corona, blood bank finds

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People in their early sixties, the age group that was given the AstraZeneca vaccine, have fewer antibodies against coronavirus than other vaccinated groups, according to national blood bank Sanquin. A study of around 1,400 samples from blood donors found that people in the 18 to 25 age group had on average eight times as many antibodies as people aged 61 …

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3 years, 2 months ago

AstraZeneca seems to be losing efficacy fastest: blood bank

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Vaccinated people between the ages of 61 and 65 have a lot fewer antibodies against the coronavirus than vaccinated people in other age groups. According to Zaaijer, the very youngest donors, aged 18 to 25, have on average almost eight times more antibodies in their blood than people in the group aged 61 to 65. An older age group, aged …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Over 93% of NL blood donors have Covid-19 antibodies

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Over 93 percent of blood donors in the Netherlands now have Covid-19 antibodies in their system due to a coronavirus infection or vaccination, blood bank Sanquin said. "This high percentage is mainly due to the explosive growth of vaccinated people in their twenties in recent weeks," Hans Zaaijer, medical microbiologist and researcher at Sanquin, said to Nieuwsuur. "The nice thing …

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3 years, 6 months ago

NL is no longer a ECDC red risk, hospital cases are below 400

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The Netherlands is no longer a red coronavirus risk country, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in its latest weekly update. Public health institute RIVM registered 716 new coronavirus cases in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, the third day in a row that the figure has hovered around 700. However, the average number of cases …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Over half of NL blood donors have Covid-19 antibodies

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The number of blood donors in the Netherlands who have antibodies against Covid-19 in their blood, increased significantly over the past month. About 54 percent of blood donors now have these antibodies, compared to 32 percent last month, blood bank Sanquin said. 90 percent of people over the age of 70 now have Covid-19 antibodies. An increasing number of young …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Over 30% now have coronavirus antibodies, blood donation agency says

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The percentage of blood donors with antibodies against coronavirus rose from 21% to 32% within the last month, blood donation company Sanquin said on Tuesday. This is the highest increase since Sanquin started monitoring coronavirus antibodies in blood donations. ‘At the same time, we see that the antibodies in donors aged 18-30 are also steadily increasing, to over 30%, but …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Over 30% now have coronavirus antibodies, blood donation agency says

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The percentage of blood donors with antibodies against coronavirus rose from 21% to 32% within the last month, blood donation company Sanquin said on Tuesday. This is the highest increase since Sanquin started monitoring coronavirus antibodies in blood donations. ‘At the same time, we see that the antibodies in donors aged 18-30 are also steadily increasing, to over 30%, but …

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3 years, 9 months ago

One in five blood donors have antibodies against coronavirus

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More than a fifth of blood donors in the Netherlands have developed antibodies against coronavirus, according to the latest analysis by blood bank Sanquin. The presence of antibodies in a blood sample indicates the donor has developed resistance to the virus, either through infection or vaccination. Sanquin microbiologist Hans Zaaijer warned that antibodies did not necessarily offer complete protection. Sanquin …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Fifth of Dutch blood donors have Covid antibodies

NL Times

21 percent of blood donors in the Netherlands have antibodies for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in their blood, according to an ongoing study by blood bank Sanquin. The provinces of Limburg and Noord-Brabant have the most blood donors with coronavirus antibodies at 26 percent. About 2 thousand samples of donated blood are tested for coronavirus antibodies on a weekly basis, to …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Gay men can safely donate blood plasma, Dutch blood bank says

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Gay men should be allowed to donate blood plasma, according to blood bank Sanquin, who will be discussing this with the Ministry of Public Health and gay interest organization COC on Monday. According to the blood bank, it is safe for gay men to donate, because viruses can now be more easily removed from plasma. In 2015, the blood bank …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Dutch Covid medicine made from blood plasma ready for use

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Blood bank Sanquin and plasma producer Sanquin Plasma Products produced 4 thousand doses of Covid-19 antibody treatment made from the blood plasma of recovered patients. The plasma medicine will first go towards preventing coronavirus infections in people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients and people who have just undergone an organ transplant. Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Utrecht blood banks to start testing for West Nile virus

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Blood banks in the Utrecht region will start testing donated blood for the West Nile virus, following the first known case of a person getting the virus in the Netherlands, Hart van Nederland reports. Infection expert Hans van Kerhof of public health institute RIVM told the current affairs program that the arrival of West Nile virus in the Netherlands will …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Blood company Sanquin to sell 85% of plasma operations to international investors

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An ‘international consortium’ has reached a deal with Dutch blood company Sanquin to acquire 85% of its plasma products arm in the Netherlands and Belgium. ‘These have achieved cost savings and economies of scale that a national plasma-derived medicine manufacturer such as SPP cannot match,’ the company said in a statement. This requires a partnership.’ Small market ‘The Dutch market …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Blood donors wanted for coronavirus medicine

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Blood bank Sanquin is looking for recovered coronavirus patients to donate blood plasma. "But if you start at the very first - so if you have not yet contracted the virus or very early in the disease process get such a powerful ampoule with concentrated anti-coronavirus bodies - it can have a powerful preventive effect," Zaaijer said to the newspaper. …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 rises in ICU but medical boss unconcerned; Antibody experiment halted

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There were 23 people with Covid-19 being treated in intensive care on Monday, an increase of five from the previous day. While ICU cases rose, the remaining hospital departments were treating six fewer patients for a total of 81, said patient coordination office LCPS. With 104 patients in hospitals for the coronavirus disease, acute care leader Ernst Kuipers said he …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands launches €10m blood plasma drive to fight Covid-19

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The Dutch government is teaming up with blood bank organization Sanquin to collect blood plasma from former Covid-19 patients in the hope that antibodies can be used to help treat people who are actively fighting off the coronavirus disease. "Several drug manufacturers are investigating whether a drug with neutralizing antibodies can be effective and safe in the treatment and prevention …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Dutch have one million tests to check for coronavirus immunity

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The Netherlands has a million blood tests at its disposal to find out if people have immunity to coronavirus, blood bank organisation Sanquin has confirmed. The tests were ordered together with the health ministry from China and measure three different types of antibodies, which makes them extra useful, the government’s testing representative Feike Sijbesma told broadcaster NOS. ‘Because it is …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Dutch blood bank to test a million people for coronavirus

NL Times

Sanquin ordered a million new test kits to test for coronavirus antibodies in blood- and plasma donors, the Dutch blood bank announced after a working visit from Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health and coronavirus envoy Feike Sijbesma on Tuesday. The tests produced by Chinese company Wantai were ordered by Sanquin, paid for by the Ministry of Public Health, …

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4 years, 8 months ago

3% of Dutch blood donors have Covid-19 antibodies

NL Times

About 3 percent of blood donors in the Netherlands have developed antibodies against Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, RIVM director Jaap van Dissel told the Tweede Kamer based on an as-yet-unpublished study by blood bank Sanquin, NU.nl reports. If blood donors are representative of the Dutch population, then around 3 percent of Netherlands residents have had the …

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4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread

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The number of coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands will expand considerably from Monday as local health boards start testing hospital staff, and the public health institute RIVM and blood bank Sanquin begin a project to find out how far the virus has spread. From today, however, health boards are poised to start testing hospital staff at ‘drive in’ …

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Blood banks will soon stop segregating gay and straight blood donors

Coronavirus antibodies in donated blood halves in two months

Coronavirus antibodies in donated blood halves in two months

Sanquin to screen donors' blood for diseases

AstraZeneca age group has fewer antibodies against corona, blood bank finds

AstraZeneca seems to be losing efficacy fastest: blood bank

Over 93% of NL blood donors have Covid-19 antibodies

NL is no longer a ECDC red risk, hospital cases are below 400

Over half of NL blood donors have Covid-19 antibodies

Over 30% now have coronavirus antibodies, blood donation agency says

Over 30% now have coronavirus antibodies, blood donation agency says

One in five blood donors have antibodies against coronavirus

Fifth of Dutch blood donors have Covid antibodies

Gay men can safely donate blood plasma, Dutch blood bank says

Dutch Covid medicine made from blood plasma ready for use

Utrecht blood banks to start testing for West Nile virus

Blood company Sanquin to sell 85% of plasma operations to international investors

Blood donors wanted for coronavirus medicine

Covid-19 rises in ICU but medical boss unconcerned; Antibody experiment halted

Netherlands launches €10m blood plasma drive to fight Covid-19

Dutch have one million tests to check for coronavirus immunity

Dutch blood bank to test a million people for coronavirus

3% of Dutch blood donors have Covid-19 antibodies

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread