“We look forward to welcoming new donors into our facilities,” said Graham Sher, CEO of Canadian Blood Services during a media availability. If they have, they would not be able to donate until they had gone three months without engaging in that activity. It will mean that when all donors are screened before rolling up their sleeves, they’ll be asked whether they have recently engaged in anal sex in the context of new or multiple sexual partners within the last few months. It will apply to both blood and plasma donations, outside of Quebec.
Moving away from a blanket ban, the national blood donor organization will screen all donors based on higher risk sexual behaviours, regardless of gender or sexuality.Ĭanadian Blood Services (CBS) says it plans to introduce the new behaviour-based questionnaire approach “no later” than Sept.
