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To: bentway who wrote (502139)	8/6/2009 9:56:37 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573988

RU telling me they do tests on each batch of blood donated? Hard to believe. Do they not ask you any questions like below? It is unfortunate that in the United States, as well as some other countries, this 'highly sophisticated' system of Blood collection, testing, storage, management, and dispensing by sale, for profit, is substantially based on the honor system. If the donor lies or is mistaken about any of the following questions, the Blood supply is at risk! Blood centers follow a recommended 'five layer' standard of safety protocol for donor eligibility standards, individual screening, laboratory testing, confidential exclusion of donations, and donor record checks. ...... DO NOT DONATE BLOOD IF: You have ever tested positive for HIV, You have ever injected yourself with drugs or other substances not prescribed by a physician, You are a man and have had sex with another man, even once, You have hemophilia or another Blood clotting disorder and received clotting factor concentrate, You have engaged in sex for drugs or money since 1977, You have lived in western Europe since 1980, You have been held in a correctional facility (including jails, prisons and/or detention centers) for more than 72 hours in the last 12 months, You were born in, lived in or had sex with anyone who lived in, or received Blood products in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Niger or Nigeria since 1977 (this list changes frequently; updates are very important) or, You are, or have been a sexual contact of someone in the above list. bloodbook.com