A Report of the Amsterdam Forum On the Care of the Live Kidney Donor: Data and Medical
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We review the history and evolution of blood donor criteria for men who have sex with men
(MSM). Deferral policies in many jurisdictions, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada …

The safety of the blood supply depends on measures to protect not only the transfusion
recipient but also the blood donor. Donor selection criteria have been voluntarily adopted or …

BACKGROUND: Male‐to‐male sex is the predominant route of human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) transmission in Australia and since the early 1980s blood services in Australia …

BACKGROUND: Few donor criteria are as contentious as the deferral of men who have had
sex with men (MSM). We performed an anonymous donor survey to determine attitudes …

Background and objectives In Canada, Héma‐Québec is considering the possibility of
allowing men who have sex with men (MSM) to donate plasma for fractionation combined …

This article discusses issues associated with the lifetime deferral from donating blood of men
having sex with men (MSM), in the context of well-established risk management principles …

BACKGROUND: In August 2005, the Canadian Blood Services decreased the deferral
period for tattooing and ear or body piercing from 12 to 6 months. This study assessed the …

Background: In recent years, several reports have suggested, but never definitely
demonstrated that dental units (DU) could be potential sources of viral cross-infections …

Over the past years, a paradigm of blood safety in established blood delivery systems has
evolved which proposes the concept of the 'Safety Tripod'. In this paradigm, blood safety is …