Interviews with anti-HIV-positive individuals detected through the systematic screening of blood donations: consequences on predonation medical interview

This study is based upon interviews with 74 individuals found to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive through the screening of blood donations between January 1988 and December 1990. The donation history and the risk factor of HIV infection were established. Questions about the use of...

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Published inVox sanguinis Vol. 62; no. 1; p. 25
Main Authors Lefrère, J J, Elghouzzi, M H, Paquez, F, N'Dalla, J, Nubel, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.02.1992
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Blood Donors
Female
HIV Seropositivity - diagnosis
HIV Seropositivity - psychology
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Time Factors
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Summary:This study is based upon interviews with 74 individuals found to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive through the screening of blood donations between January 1988 and December 1990. The donation history and the risk factor of HIV infection were established. Questions about the use of blood donation as a diagnostic test and on the notion of a predonation medical interview evoking the risk factor were asked. The majority of the individuals had a risk factor of HIV infection and had given their blood for serological testing. This data can help to adapt the predonation medical interview to the present epidemiological context of HIV infection. The improvement of this interview will contribute to the decrease of the residual transfusional risk of HIV infection.
ISSN:0042-9007
DOI:10.1111/j.1423-0410.1992.tb01162.x