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blood donation
sry if this is in the wrong category. ok, so my high school is having their blood drive tomorrow, and they were going over what you had fill out before giving. and there was some mention of sexual history. for those who donated before, do you have to tell about your sex life? i understand that its probably confendential, but i prefer not to give that out in my high school.
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anonymous -
When you give out blood, the only sexual information they ask of you is to answer a yes or no question on whether or not you (if male) have had unprotected sex with another male, or if you had sex with a male who has had unprotected sex with another male. It doesn't ask about any other sexual history other than that.
Hope this helps.
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Last time I gave blood, all they asked about is if I had had sex with a gay man or had unprotected sex. Also, it asked a lot of questions about if you've lived in certain european countries because they are the ones thought to have Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. The questions usually don't get too personal and none of it will be divulged to anyone for any reason. (maybe it would be used by law enforcement if they had a court order, but that's unlikely as it tells them little about you.) You can also just refuse to give out any information that you object to, thus opting out of giving blood.
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Dear Donation,
They don't give the information to the school unless its the school blood donation not a company donation (donation banks). I actually help them decide if they would use your blood or have you as a candidate because the risk of a std. So don't worry its for the lab not for the school.
Christopher lee Espinoza
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They will ask you questions about sex because the AIDs virus can be transferred in blood.
If you use certain medications etc you can't give blood either.
Basically, it is kept confidential. Most likely the blood bank will have the info and not the school. If you don't want to be honest with them though, just don't give blood at the school. Go directly to the blood bank and give.
Be honest though because the info they need is very important. :)
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