Quality & complianceOfficial

BASG updates Italian dengue list for blood and tissue donor screening

🇦🇹 BASG · Tue 27 Oct 2026

Austria's BASG has issued an updated safety notice naming Italian municipalities with confirmed locally acquired dengue cases, asking blood services to take them into account at donor selection.

Austria's Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has updated its safety information on dengue in Italy. The notice sits in the authority's blood and tissue category. The text is dated 20 October 2026, and the page was last changed on 27 October 2026.

BASG says it has been informed of confirmed autochthonous dengue cases, meaning infections acquired locally, in a number of Italian municipalities. In Apulia (Lecce province) these are Alliste, Melissano, Taurisano and Ugento. In Veneto, the case is in Cartigliano (Vicenza province). In Lombardy, it is Garbagnate Milanese (Milan). In Campania, it is Ischia (Naples province).

Tuscany accounts for most of the places listed: Florence, Lastra a Signa, Sesto Fiorentino, Signa and Campi Bisenzio (all Florence province), plus Campiglia Marittima and Piombino (Livorno province). Rome is also named, with no region given in the source.

BASG asks that the information be given due attention in donor history interviews and donor selection. It refers readers to attached safety warnings. The download list shows a series of updates on the topic, from an initial document dated 31 August 2026 to the latest on 20 October 2026. Questions can be sent to BASG's haemovigilance mailbox.

The notice does not describe case numbers, onset dates or specific deferral rules. As general context, dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection, and blood establishments often use geographic risk information of this kind to guide donor deferral.

What it means for your team

  • Blood and tissue establishments in Austria should check the 20 October 2026 BASG update against their donor questionnaires, especially for donors with recent travel to the listed Italian areas.
  • Donor-selection and haemovigilance teams should note that the list covers several regions, including Apulia, Veneto, Tuscany, Lombardy and Campania, as well as Rome.
  • Quality teams should keep the series of dated BASG documents on file, since the list has been revised repeatedly since 31 August 2026.
  • Queries on the notice go to BASG's haemovigilance contact, as stated on the page.

Official source: BASG ↗

Article written by VigiEye from the official source (BASG). AI-assisted; check the source before acting.

More Quality & compliance All →