Donor Deferral Recommendations for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis In December 2021, the U.S. FDA approved injectable cabotegravir (Apretude) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV transmission. PrEP, post-exposure… September 14, 2022
Are WHO Guidelines for Serum Ferritin Levels for Female Blood Donors Too Low? The current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, based on expert opinion with low-grade evidence, define iron deficiency in healthy blood… July 6, 2022
Educational Materials Help to Retain Donors after a Temporary Deferral Previous studies have found that temporarily deferred donors sometimes believe that their deferral is permanent. In order to determine whether… June 29, 2022
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Levels after Blood Donations Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are ubiquitous synthetic compounds found in many products, including Teflon, water-resistant materials, paints, and firefighting… April 27, 2022
Monitoring Iron Levels in Icelandic Blood Donors Improves Management Repeat blood donors may deplete their iron stores. The risk of iron-deficiency anemia in blood donors depends on gender, age,… March 23, 2022
Fear and Anxiety Associated with Attrition of First-Time Donors In order to tease apart whether fear and anxiety in first-time blood donors actually led to fewer return donations, researchers… October 6, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Blood Donors The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) along with researchers from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and blood… September 8, 2021
Donor Interventions Increase Donor’s Return for Future Donations Donors who experience a vasovagal reaction are less likely to return for subsequent donations, and this is especially true in… September 1, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity of U.S. Blood Donors Prior to Availability of Vaccines In the United States, blood collection organizations, including the American Red Cross (ARC), started testing all donations for antibodies to… August 18, 2021
Tracking HIV Drug Resistance and Subtypes in Blood Donors The risk of HIV transmission from blood transfusion is low (0.16 to 0.49 per million transfusions) but is still possible… June 22, 2021
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