title: Are donors in Canada compliant with deferral for tattoos and piercing?
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Departments of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Sheila F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: O'brien
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Guoliang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Wenli
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Departments of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Qi-Long
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Osmond
authors.affiliation: Héma-Québec, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delage
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Mindy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D046288:Body Piercing / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013653:Tattooing / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission