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This study aimed to survey donor centres in Latin American countries to learn more about blood donor screening and infection assessment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An international team of transfusion medicine professionals including medical directors and supervisors who work or collaborate with Latin American donor centres, called \u2018<jats:italic>Comit\u00e9 de Investigaci\u00f3n en Medicina Transfusional<\/jats:italic>\u2019, designed a survey (16 questions) to characterize blood donor eligibility in Latin America.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Eighty\u2010two institutions from 14 Latin American countries responded to the survey. Most donor centres (66%; 54 of 82) had a donor deferral percentage between 5% and 25%, and the most common causes of deferrals were low haemoglobin and high\u2010risk behaviour. Most donors in blood centres were directed family donors compared with voluntary donors. Infection evaluation included mostly serologic assessment (81%; 30 of 37) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, <jats:italic>Treponema pallidum<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Trypanosoma cruzi<\/jats:italic> rather than nucleic acid tests (5%; 2 of 37).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Heterogeneity exists in donor selection and infectious disease screening in Latin American countries. 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