Donor's understanding of the definition of sex as applied to predonation screening questions

Vox Sanguinis
Sheila F O'BrienM Goldman

Abstract

Predonation screening questions about sexual risk factors should provide an extra layer of safety from recently acquired infections that may be too early to be detected by testing. Donors are required to read a definition of sex as it applies to predonation screening questions each time they come to donate, but how well donors apply such definitions has not been evaluated. We aimed to determine how donors define sex when answering screening questions. In total, 1297 whole blood donors were asked in a private interview to select from a list of sexual activities which ones they believed were being asked about in sexual background questions. Donors' definitions were coded as under-inclusive, correct or over-inclusive in relation to the blood services' definition. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 21 donors to understand reasoning behind definitions. Most donors had an over-inclusive definition (58.7%) or the correct definition (31.9%). Of the 9.4% of donors who had an under-inclusive definition, 95% included both vaginal and anal sex, but not oral sex. About 9% in each group were first-time donors (P > 0.05) who had never read the definition. The qualitative interviews indicated that donors reason their definition based...Continue Reading

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May 16, 2015·Vox Sanguinis·S F O'BrienM Goldman
Jul 16, 2011·Transfusion·Giuseppina Maria PatavinoUNKNOWN NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Study-II (REDS-II), International Component
Nov 16, 2011·Transfusion·Susan L WilkinsonUNKNOWN NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)
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Jan 19, 2021·Transfusion·Sheila F OʼBrien
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