The step paves the way for more blood donors and represents another step in ending a discriminatory and outdated policy.
will be deferred from donation. The agency says that while HIV is not transmitted during sex in people whose viral levels are undetectable, this does not apply to blood donation. This is because blood is transfused directly into a vein during a transfusion which involves a larger volume of fluid, so it is inherently riskier than sexual contact. They did not advise stopping either PrEP or other HIV medications in order to donate blood.
To reduce the likelihood that someone with a new or undetected HIV infection, anyone who reports a new sexual partner, more than one sexual partner, or recent anal sex will be told to wait at least three months before donating blood with these new rules.Sign up to receive Popular Science's emails and get the highlights.
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