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Re:A Blue Pill Is Stopping HIV, World-First Study Shows by dmix on Sunday October 21, 2018 @06:10PM (#18270645)
Is there any centralized ruling for this in the US (and other countries) or is this up to the blood banks.

I'd imagine they'd face liability issues if they were taking blood from high risk individuals. This also applies to intravenous drug users as well (which has nothing to do with sexual orientation).

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Re:A Blue Pill Is Stopping HIV, World-First Study Shows by killjoywashere on Sunday October 21, 2018 @06:15PM (#18270660)
Each donor center medical director is responsible for their own checklist, however, The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) inspects blood donor centers and publishes their questionnairre. Not asking these questions will constitute a hit agaisnt your program and may jeopardize your institution's ability to seek reimbursement for services from, say, CMS.

http://www.aabb.org/tm/questionnaires/Documents/dhq/v2/DHQ%2...

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