Changes to behavioural donor criteria introduced on 2nd March 2009
29 July 2011
NZBS introduced a new set of behaviour based donor deferral criteria in 2009. These criteria were developed in 2008 by an independent expert advisory group commissioned by NZBS.
NZBS initiated the external independent review of the behavioural donor criteria in 2007.
The review group met during 2007 and final recommendations were submitted to NZBS during June 2008. NZBS accepted the recommendations of the report in full. A submission was made to Medsafe and approval to implement the new criteria given in October 2008.
The full report an be viewed here.
HIV infection risk areas (PDF, 119 KB)
Table of Comparison of current and new behavioural donor criteria (PDF, 16 KB)
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