CMV Negative Products for Pregnant Women

[Mary**]

I am interested in other Blood Bank's policies on giving CVM Negative products to pregnant women. Do you require that a doctor order the CMV- products or do you provide them automaticall if you are aware that the patient is pregnant?

[Deny Morlino]

We only supply CMV negative upon physician's orders for any patient.

[webersl]

We give CMV "reduced risk" - aka leukoreduced - to all patients. No special consideration is given to pregnant women. If CMV neg is ordered, there is a discussion with the pathologist and the ordering physician to decide if CMV neg is really needed before we order it special from the supplier.

[David Saikin]

All our products are leukoreduced - considered by many to be CMV=. We provide CMV= by physician's order only.

[MAGNUM]

We only give CMV negative specific units upon the physician order.

[DOGLOVER]

Everyone gets leuko-reduced (CMV reduced-risk). If CMV neg is required the physician must order it and if it is for other than a progenitor cell transplant patient who is CMV neg and receiving a CMV neg product it would need to be approved by a pathologist.