Canadian Blood Services is working to update those rules and plans to submit a request to Health Canada later this year to abandon time-based requirements for gay and bisexual men. “We recognize it isn’t ideal to be asking gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men ques...
“Like other organizations across Canada, the latest COVID wave is challenging Canadian Blood Services like never before and so essentially what it means is that any illness or isolation requirements, as well as any weather impacts, all of these have affected the donor attendance and the availabil...
In collaboration with an OB-GYN clinic in Milan, Italy, we conducted the first randomized controlled trial that applies tools from behavioral science to foster cord blood donation, and quantified the gains that informational and behavioral “nudges” can achieve. We found that information and “...
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"For male donors who would have been deferred for having sex with another man: the agency is changing the recommended deferral period from 12 months to 3 months," reads theagency's updated guidance. The FDA also relaxed donor requirements for females who have had sex with a man who had se...
(abdominal, thoracic, pelvic, lower extremity), demonstrated that the use of neuraxial anesthesia was associated with significant decreases in intraoperative blood loss and allogeneic red blood cell transfusion requirements. This may not however, be feasible in all emergency surgical procedures. However,...
Donating blood takes about one hour. Here are some tips to keep in mind before a blood donation:15 Avoid high-intensity physical activity and lifting weights afterward. Bring a list of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications that you regularly take. ...
Measures have been developed to minimise the requirements for post-operative allogenic blood transfusion in lower limb arthroplasty. These include pre-operative screening of patients, risk stratification, raising pre-operative haemoglobin pharmacologically, pre-operative autologous donation, minimising intra- ...
The population size, number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and donation time of enrolled blood donors in three different cities are listed in Table 4. The criteria used for all blood donors during the pandemic are listed as enclosed: (1) all donors should meet the basic requirements of blood...
The FDA sets requirements and procedures for blood banks throughout the U.S. All potential donors answer questions about their sexual history, drug use and any recent tattoos or piercing, among other factors that can contribute to the spread of blood-borne infections. Donated blood is then teste...