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BASG updates dengue alert for blood donor screening after new autochthonous cases in France

🇦🇹 BASG · Tue 27 Oct 2026

Austria's health safety authority lists three French départements and five overseas départements with confirmed locally acquired dengue, asking blood and tissue services to take this into account in donor screening.

Austria's Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) published an updated safety notice on 27 October 2026 on dengue in France and its overseas territories. It is filed under blood and tissue and was issued as new safety information.

According to the notice, BASG was informed of confirmed autochthonous dengue cases, meaning locally acquired infections, in several French regions. On the mainland these are the départements of Bouches-du-Rhône, Hérault and Var.

The overseas départements named are French Guiana, Guadeloupe, La Réunion, Martinique and Saint Martin.

BASG asks that this be taken into account in donor interviews (anamnesis) and donor selection. It refers readers to the attached safety warnings for further detail. The page lists the new update alongside earlier documents dated 31 August 2026, 23 July 2026, 29 June 2026 and 16 February 2026. The text provided does not give case numbers or describe specific deferral measures.

What it means for your team

  • Blood establishments and tissue banks in Austria should check that donor questionnaires and interviews reflect the listed French départements and overseas territories.
  • Quality and haemovigilance teams should consult the full 27 October 2026 PDF warning, as the web notice itself gives no case counts or deferral criteria.
  • Teams tracking the series should note the earlier alerts from February, June, July and August 2026, which the new update follows.
  • Questions can be sent to BASG's haemovigilance contact, haemovigilanz@basg.gv.at.

Official source: BASG ↗

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

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