What are blood donors telling us about injecting drug use?

Claire A Reynolds Katy L DavisonNick AndrewsSusan R Brailsfordnull null

Published in: Vox sanguinis (2020)

Compliance with the permanent deferral appeared extremely high with low levels of injecting reported by donors, mainly in the past. This agreed with the low-incident HCV infection observed in UK donors. These data contributed to a recommendation to reduce the deferral to 1 year. Ways of improving compliance in those few donors at current increased risk of infection need to be investigated.

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