![]() The ADVANCE Study, standing for Assessing Donor Variability And New Concepts in Eligibility, was an 1800-person study started in 2021 which assessed the scientific relevance of the FDA’s policy regarding blood donations from gay and bisexual men. “We worked very, very closely with the FDA on what we call the Advance Project, which was a study that really brought to the FDA’s attention the need to look more closely at their policies for blood donations that needed to be updated,” Lane said. ![]() Kirstin Lane, the communications manager for Vitalant, said that Vitalant is proud to be taking part in the recent updates for donor eligibility. ![]() The new forms will remove any gendered language, such as asking about whether the potential donor is a man who has had sex with another man and will instead ask whether the individual has had anal sex in the last three months or multiple sexual partners. Two blood donation centers local to the Berea area, the American Red Cross, with locations in Parma and Elyria, and Vitalant, with a location in Middleburg Heights, will be using the updated individual risk assessments in the months to come, or the forms which assess blood donor’s eligibility. ![]() ![]() Later this year, local blood donation centers will implement the Food and Drug Administration’s updated guidelines made on May 11, which eases the blood donation restrictions for men who have sex with men, a policy long pointed out by advocacy groups as “discriminatory.” ![]()
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