Three decades of MSM donor deferral policies. What have we learned?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-3

  Wilson, Kumanan ^a,b   Atkinson, Katherine ^b   Keelan, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Blood transfusion; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Precautionary principle; Prevention of transfusion transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULARIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HIV; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PREVENTION OF TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891556309     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.09.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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