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Austria's BASG updates West Nile virus warning for blood and tissue donor selection

🇦🇹 BASG · Thu 22 Oct 2026

The Austrian regulator lists Northern Burgenland, Vienna and northern Vienna surroundings as regions with confirmed locally acquired West Nile virus infections.

Austria's Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has published an updated safety notice on West Nile virus (WNV) under its blood and tissue category, dated 22 October 2026.

The office says confirmed autochthonous WNV infections, meaning cases acquired locally rather than abroad, have occurred in Northern Burgenland, Vienna, and the northern part of the Vienna surroundings.

BASG asks that this information be given due attention in donor history interviews and donor selection. The web notice itself does not set out specific deferral or screening rules. It refers readers to the attached safety warnings for further details.

Three documents are linked: the new update of 22 October 2026, an earlier update dated 9 September 2026, and an initial warning dated 9 August 2026. Questions can be sent to BASG's haemovigilance mailbox, haemovigilanz@basg.gv.at.

What it means for your team

  • Blood and tissue establishments in Austria should check their donor interview and selection procedures against the 22 October 2026 update and the earlier warnings.
  • The web notice does not specify the measures, so teams need to read the attached PDF warnings for the detail.
  • Haemovigilance and quality staff should document how the regional information is applied, and can direct queries to BASG's haemovigilance contact.

Official source: BASG ↗

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

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