还是差很多的,从加拿大献血中心的政策就能看得出来:
New blood donation rules take effect in Canada two decades after tainted-blood inquiry
Megan Dolski, The Canadian Press
Published Monday, July 22, 2013 8:20PM EDT
MONTREAL -- A new blood-donation policy came into effect across Canada on Monday, officially nixing the lifelong ban that prevented men who have had sex with men from giving blood.
Canadian Blood Services and HEMA-Quebec -- which oversee Canada's blood system -- are now allowing men to donate blood if they have not had homosexual sex in the last five years.
The five-year rule is non-negotiable, even if a potential donor has had their blood screened and is perfectly healthy.
"We can't make exceptions," said Marc Plante, a CBS spokesperson.
"Those policies are there for safety reasons, and unfortunately we can't pick and choose, as much as we'd love to. We can't."
The new policy comes two decades after Canada's tainted-blood scandal.
Transfusions infected over 30,000 Canadians with Hepatitis C or HIV, sparking an inquiry in 1993 that ultimately led to the Red Cross being stripped of its control of the blood system.
The rules in effect from the 1980s until now excluded a man from giving blood, for the rest of his life, if he had ever had sex with another man since 1977 -- cited as the date HIV began spreading in developed countries.
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http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-blood-donation-rules-take-effect-in-canada-two-decades-after-tainted-blood-inquiry-1.1378949#ixzz2a7eAOz4T