The US Food and Drug Administration is considering shifting its blood donation policy away from blanket assessments toward questionnaires that focus more on individual risk
The agency is using data from a donor eligibility study and other blood surveillance information that “will likely support a policy transition to individual risk-based donor screening questions for reducing the risk of HIV transmission,” the FDA said in a statement. “The FDA remains committed to gathering the scientific data related to alternative donor deferral policies that maintain a high level of blood safety,” the statement says.
“As LGBTQ leaders and medical experts have been saying for years: bans and restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men are rooted in stigma, not science,” Ellis said. American Medical Association President Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. told CNN in a statement that news of a possible guidelines shift is “encouraging.
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