Blood Banking (Donors)

Barring Cocaine Users from Donating Blood Would Result in Substantial Loss

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 17th, 1997

Researchers have expressed concern about volunteer blood donor loss if intranasal cocaine users were excluded from donation.

Intranasal cocaine use (NCU) among blood donors is common, and this type of drug use has been associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in this population, although firm scientific proof that intranasal drug use is a route for HCV transmission is lacking.

At issue is whether a question about intranasal recreational drug use should be incorporated routinely into pre-donation screening of blood donors at the risk of losing an unacceptably high number of donors, C. Conry-Cantilena and colleagues at the U.S. National...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1997-11-17)

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