Hemophilia Federation of America is a national nonprofit organization that assists, educates and advocates for the bleeding disorders community.
Today the FDA released several new guidance documents with permanent and temporary (during the COVID-19 emergency) changes to several policies related to blood and plasma donation.聽 HFA has signed on to a statement with coalition partners from the American Plasma Users Coalition reiterating APLUS鈥檚 longstanding position that complex blood safety policies such as those related […]
In January of this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its donor deferral policy surrounding men who have sex with men (MSM). On July 26, 2016, the FDA issued another request for comments regarding the MSM donor deferral policy. Current policy permits blood donations by MSM provided that the donor has not had […]
Background The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for recommending policies and making rules regarding the donation of blood and blood products. During the 1980s, when it became clear that transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) happened through blood, the FDA began recommending multiple policies that would decrease the risk of transmission of […]
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