Gender‐neutral donor deferral policies: experience in Argentina implementing individual risk‐assessment policies

• Published in: Vox sanguinis Vol. 115; no. 7; pp. 548 - 554
• Main Authors: Blanco, Sebastián, Carrizo, Luis Horacio, Moyano, Rolando Walter, Mangeaud, Arnaldo, Gallego, Sandra Verónica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England S. Karger AG 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Argentina; Blood; Blood & organ donations; Blood Banks - organization & administration; blood donor deferral; Blood donors; Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data; Female; Gender; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Legislation; Male; men who have sex with men; Middle Aged; Organizational Policy; Policies; Risk Assessment; Sexism; Sexually transmitted diseases; sexually transmitted infections; STD; Syphilis; Syphilis - epidemiology; transfusion‐transmitted infections; Argentina; transfusion-transmitted infections; sexually transmitted infections; blood donor deferral; men who have sex with men

Background In Argentina, with the aim of moving to a safe supportive and inclusive National Blood System, in September 2015 the Ministry of Health stipulated that eligibility criteria for blood donation should only take into account the so‐called 'risk practices', focusing on a 'gende...