Reported non-compliance with pre-donation screening among blood donors in Québec, Canada: A focus on the 3-month deferral for men who have sex with men.
blood collection
blood safety
donors
men who have sex with men
transfusion-transmissible infections
Journal
Vox sanguinis
ISSN: 1423-0410
Titre abrégé: Vox Sang
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0413606
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Historique:
revised:
08
03
2022
received:
15
12
2021
accepted:
12
03
2022
pubmed:
5
4
2022
medline:
22
7
2022
entrez:
4
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In Québec (Canada), the donation deferral for men who have sex with men (MSM) has recently been shortened to 3 months. Whether this change impacted compliance with pre-donation screening is unknown. We assessed compliance with the disclosure of male-to-male sex and other behavioural risk factors for HIV amid this change. Québec residents who donated from 14 July 2020 to 30 November 2020 were invited to participate in an online survey. Donors were informed that the survey was optional and anonymous. Survey questions were those used for routine pre-donation screening. Rates of reported non-compliance were weighted based on several characteristics. Of 21,918 contacted donors, 7113 (32.45%) participated. Among male participants (N = 3347), six (0.27% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.09%-0.44%]) were not compliant with a 3-month MSM deferral. Among female participants (N = 3766), two (0.06% [95% CI = 0.00%-0.13%]) were not compliant with a 3-month deferral for sex with a man who had male-to-male sex ≤12 months. Other risk factors exhibited similar or lower rates of reported non-compliance. Reported non-compliance with a 3-month MSM deferral and the disclosure of other HIV behavioural risk factors was low. These results warrant the investigation of behavioural donor risk assessment approaches to further improve the inclusiveness of blood donation.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
In Québec (Canada), the donation deferral for men who have sex with men (MSM) has recently been shortened to 3 months. Whether this change impacted compliance with pre-donation screening is unknown. We assessed compliance with the disclosure of male-to-male sex and other behavioural risk factors for HIV amid this change.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
METHODS
Québec residents who donated from 14 July 2020 to 30 November 2020 were invited to participate in an online survey. Donors were informed that the survey was optional and anonymous. Survey questions were those used for routine pre-donation screening. Rates of reported non-compliance were weighted based on several characteristics.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Of 21,918 contacted donors, 7113 (32.45%) participated. Among male participants (N = 3347), six (0.27% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.09%-0.44%]) were not compliant with a 3-month MSM deferral. Among female participants (N = 3766), two (0.06% [95% CI = 0.00%-0.13%]) were not compliant with a 3-month deferral for sex with a man who had male-to-male sex ≤12 months. Other risk factors exhibited similar or lower rates of reported non-compliance.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Reported non-compliance with a 3-month MSM deferral and the disclosure of other HIV behavioural risk factors was low. These results warrant the investigation of behavioural donor risk assessment approaches to further improve the inclusiveness of blood donation.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
966-970Informations de copyright
© 2022 International Society of Blood Transfusion.
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