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AIDS
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND HIV
In the past some people became infected with HIV from receiving blood transfusions. This risk has been practically eliminated. since a 1983 Public Health Service recommendation, potential blood donors at risk of HIV infection have been asked not to donate blood. Since 1985 all donated blood has been tested for evidence of HIV. All blood found to contain evidence of HIV infection is discarded. Currently in the United States, there is only a very small chance of infection with HIV through a blood transfusion.
You cannot get HIV from giving blood at a blood bank or other blood collection center. the needles used for blood donations are sterile. They are used once, then destroyed.
**Aids Information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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