title: How well has self-exclusion worked?
abstract: Review of the dates of prior blood donation by persons later reported to have AIDS demonstrated that most of them had ceased donating blood in 1983. The results indicate that self-exclusion policies were effective.
authors.affiliation: Irwin Memorial Blood Bank, San Francisco, California 94118.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samson
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Busch
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000635:transmission*; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012495:San Francisco; D012650:Self Disclosure; D065227:Transfusion Reaction