十大正规博彩网站评级正规博彩平台卫生 Blood Donor Program guideline changes help increase donations, maintain safety

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By implementing the Donor 健康 历史 Questionnaire 4.0, we removed barriers to populations who want to give blood while maintaining safety protocols to protect blood donors and recipients.

Amber Grantham, Blood Donor Program donor relations specialist

Emergency blood donations are in short supply nationwide, with donations among Americans currently at a 20-year low. Blood donation is critically important from people of all blood types, 性别, ethnicities and regions to ensure that there is an adequate supply of blood is available to people undergoing treatment of serious illness and following medical emergencies. 然而, 直到最近, some members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their sexual partners were barred from donating based on outdated science.

2月19日, 十大正规博彩网站评级正规博彩平台卫生’s Blood Donor Program 实现了 Food and Drug Administration’s updated guidelines for blood donation. 这种变化 eliminates questions based on sexual orientation and gender and moves to an individual donor assessment. 现在, donation eligibility is based on the individual, not sexual orientation or gender identity, so a person’s choice of sexual partner will no longer matter.

“The FDA’s change in policy is based on science and facts. We have learned a lot in the 40+ years since the AIDS epidemic began, and we know now that prohibiting people who want to give blood based on their sexuality and identity is not only discriminatory, it’s unnecessary to stemming the spread of HIV, and only hurts patients who need blood,安布尔·格兰瑟姆说, donor relations specialist with the Blood Donor Program. “By implementing the Donor 健康 历史 Questionnaire 4.0, we removed barriers to populations who want to give blood while maintaining safety protocols to protect blood donors and recipients.”

Blood collected by the Blood Donor Program stays within the 十大正规博彩网站评级正规博彩平台卫生 system, benefiting patients in New Hampshire in Vermont. To learn more about the program and make an appointment to donate, visit http://donateblood.d-h.org/. For more information on 十大正规博彩网站评级正规博彩平台卫生’s updated blood donation policy, visit http://ai8nqny2.ytjskf.com/blood-donor-program.

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