Marginal recruitment impact of potential alterations to FDA deferral criteria for men who have sex with men [1]

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 869-870

  Spencer, Bryan ^a   Rios, Jorge ^a   Cable, Ritchard ^a  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; DONOR SELECTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33646265249     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00814.x     Document Type: Letter

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2. Brooks JP The rights of blood recipients should supersede any asserted rights of blood donors Vox Sang 2004 87 280 6
3. American Association of Blood Banks Statement of the American Association of Blood Banks before the Blood Products Advisory Committee Donor Deferral Policy Regarding Men Who Have Had Sex with Another Man Even One Time Since 1977 2000 Sep 14
4. Blood Products Advisory Committee 67th meeting [monograph on the Internet] Rockville (MD) U.S. Food and Drug Administration 2000 Sep 14-15 Available from:
5. Germain M Remis RS Delage G The risks and benefits of accepting men who have had sex with men as blood donors Transfusion 2003 43 25 33