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View article: Blood donation criteria in Australia: Population knowledge, misperceptions, and impact on donation intent
Blood donation criteria in Australia: Population knowledge, misperceptions, and impact on donation intent Open
Introduction Misperceptions about blood donation eligibility can deter individuals from donating. In Australia, misperceptions of one's eligibility status may be exacerbated by recent changes to donor criteria. However, public knowledge of…
View article: Acceptability of sexual history questions in a gender‐neutral risk assessment for blood donation
Acceptability of sexual history questions in a gender‐neutral risk assessment for blood donation Open
Background Currently in Australia, men are deferred from donating blood if they have had sex with another man within the past 3 months. However, a proposed gender‐neutral assessment (GNA) process will ask all donors questions about sex wit…
View article: The impact of blood donation deferral strategies on the eligibility of men who have sex with men and other sexual risk behavior in Australia
The impact of blood donation deferral strategies on the eligibility of men who have sex with men and other sexual risk behavior in Australia Open
Background In Australia, a man cannot donate blood if he has had sex with another man within the past 3 months. However, this policy has been criticized as being discriminatory as it does not consider lower risk subgroups, and led to calls…
View article: Prevalence of blood donation eligibility in Australia: A population survey
Prevalence of blood donation eligibility in Australia: A population survey Open
Background Reliable estimates of the population proportion eligible to donate blood are needed by blood collection agencies to model the likely impact of changes in eligibility criteria and inform targeted population‐level education, recru…
View article: Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-Stick Point-of-Care Assay
Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-Stick Point-of-Care Assay Open
Point-of-care hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA testing is advantageous, enabling diagnosis of active infection in a single visit. This study evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-Stick assay (Xpert HCV VL …
View article: P4 Acceptability of point of care finger-stick and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs and homeless people
P4 Acceptability of point of care finger-stick and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs and homeless people Open
View article: Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load point-of-care assay from venepuncture-collected and finger-stick capillary whole-blood samples: a cohort study
Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load point-of-care assay from venepuncture-collected and finger-stick capillary whole-blood samples: a cohort study Open