"It's an antiquated law," said DeCarlo. "There are plenty of gay men who get tested regularly for HIV, the blood banks test the blood strict now and the law needs to be overturned." "I think that some of these guidelines may be a little bit outdated," said Dr. Robert Hasty from ...
In the height of the AIDS epidemic, the United States (US) Public Health Service issued exclusionary recommendations for blood donation, stating that “sexually active homosexual and bisexual men with multiple partners” were not advised to donate blood. Later, in 1986, a for...
美国FDA 指导原则 使用ISBT 128统一标识血液和血液成分的美国行业共识标准 英文原版.pdf,United States Industry Consensus Standard for the Uniform Labeling of Blood and Blood Components Using ISBT 128 Version 3.0.0 March 2013 Tracking Number ICCBBA IG-002 Pub
Reports the extension of the blood donation ban among travelers in Europe, as ordered by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2001. Objectives of the extension; Reaction of the America's Blood Centers to the move of FDA; Provisions of the guidelines for the ...
The FDA is expected to release more information about potential updates to its blood donation guidelines in the next few weeks.
“Current and former blood donation policies made unfounded assumptions about gay and bisexual men and really entangled individuals’ identity with their likelihood of having HIV,” said Sarah Warbelow of the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy group. ...
Blood donation organizations said early data indicates that the policy has made a difference -- bringing back donors who were previously unable to give blood. Since the American Red Crossimplemented the FDA's individual donor assessmentlast summer, about 8.5% of more than 2,000 people...
FDA BLOOD BANK INSPECTION GUIDE; AN IDEA OF BLOOD BANK INSPECTION ISSUES, LINKS TO BLOOD INFORMATION.
For years, men who have sex with men have protested againstFDAguidelines preventing them from donating blood, arguing that the policy is discriminatory. In the midst of a blood shortage brought about by theCOVID-19pandemic, however, the FDA has issued a reversal of the policy ...
Guidelines are no longer based on sexual orientation and all potential donors receive the same standard donor history questionnaire. "This is really exciting because we're now able to ask every potential donor the same questions, treating them with equality and with respect — all while still main...