Are donors in Canada compliant with deferral for tattoos and piercing?

Blood Transfus. 2014 Jan;12(1):141-2. doi: 10.2450/2014.0233-13. Epub 2013 Jan 2.

Authors

Sheila F O'brien¹, Guoliang Xi², Wenli Fan², Qi-Long Yi¹, Lori Osmond², Gilles Delage³, Mindy Goldman⁴

Affiliations

¹ Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Departments of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Héma-Québec, Québec, Canada.
⁴ Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Donors*
Body Piercing / adverse effects*
Canada
Cooperative Behavior*
Female
Humans
Male
Tattooing / adverse effects*
Virus Diseases / blood
Virus Diseases / transmission