Does anyone do more than send a letter to physicians reminding them to report any suspected cases? Right now, I get a report from our computer system of all HIVs/Hepatitis tests and results and go through to see which patients received blood, when they were first positive, etc. This is a very time consuming process and I would very much like to change it.

We are also going through the HIV, HBsAg, HCV, and HTLV reports and checking the transfusion status of the positive patients. It isn't great, but it's better than relying on the physicians to report, because they don't (no matter how often you send out the letters!). The assumption of this method is that your transfused patients return to your facility for their transmissible disease testing, which is not always so.

Sorry I don't have a better method to give you...