Infection Control

Canada Red Cross Targets HIV

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 17th, 1995

The Canadian Red Cross will shut down clinics where blood supplies have a higher rate of HIV infection than it considers normal, an official said.

Bert Aye, national director of Red Cross blood services, did not specify what the Red Cross considered normal, nor how many clinics might be affected.

The Red Cross closed clinics in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, after finding most of the 32 people in New Foundland who have died of AIDS had been associated with that area.

Red Cross officials will review regional records over the next month to decide which clinics to close, Aye said.

The Red Cross said it was acting...

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