What is Individual Donor-Nucleic Acid Testing (ID-NAT) ?

·        Individual Donor-Nucleic Acid Testing (ID-NAT) of blood samples is an advanced molecular technique for screening donor blood samples to reduce risk of transfusion transmitted infections in recipients, thus providing an additional layer of blood safety.

·        “ID-NAT is the latest technological advance in ensuring blood safety. Being a direct test, which targets the viral DNA/RNA, the ID-NAT greatly reduces the “window period” or the time between donor exposure to a virus and the presence of detectable amount of antibodies/antigens.

source: The Hindu