Blood centers face challenge of telling donors HIV results
The AP reports blood centers confront how to inform donors of HIV antibody results. Letters explain antibodies indicate past exposure, not infection, urging consult physicians while centers vary, some delivering news by letter and others face to face. Counseling aims to prevent spread and address shock and misinformation.
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New York
Gulf Coast Blood Center
Houston
Greater
Nancy van Devanier
Los Angeles
Orange County
American Red Cross Blood Services
Red Cross
James All Bucken
Washington, D.C
Houston Center
Counseling for AIDS donor tests faces emotional toll and disclosure
Counselors in New York advise donors who planned to have children to avoid transmission risk, a revelation that devastates many and prompts multiple sessions. Donors wrestle with revealing past intravenous drug use or sexual history, telling partners, doctors, or dentists, and coping while staying healthy. Despite fear of abandonment or losing insurance, many donors find support groups and perspective, realizing they will still live and work.
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Bill Teague
Houston Center
Tague
Los Angeles Center
Steven Kleinman
New York Center
van Devanter
van Devante
Fitzpatrick
Los Angeles
Ann Stuart
Stuart
Bloodmobile visit to Amvets nets 74 units of blood
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Amvets Post 2 in Frederick on Monday Oct 19 collecting 74 units from 78 donors. Eleven were scheduled and 67 walked in, with four new donors. Donors, pins for gallons, and volunteers from Amvets Post 2 Aux and others are listed, with organizations including Airpax and Al Saints Episcopal Church earning credits. Red Cross is part of United Way.
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Red Cross
Amvets Post 2
Frederick
Airpax
al Saints Episcopal Church
Anna J. Hoffman
Thomas D. Easterday
Jack M. Englar
Virginia T. Smith
Michael A. Palak
Diane H. Buzzell
Patricia A. Quynn
Patricia A. Nusbaum
Wayne R. Rinehart
Robert A. Dorsey
Martha M. Sivley
David R. Boller
M. Rose Bartgis
David L. Brandenburg
Tyson H. Creamer
John D. French
Ronnie L. Griffith
Mabel Hatcher
Hazel Baker
Josephine Wycall
Etta Leveronne
Phyllis Nowell
Faye Bevard
Reba Stitely
Ruth Kinsey
Violet Korrett
Shirley Wilkinson
Loretta Gilbert
Helen Grove
Virginia Mack
Hester Brown
Betty Dowding
Carrie Kennedy
Alice Kennedy
June Shipley
Baltimore
Pauline Lawson
Ida Ahalt
Adelaida Daradan
Eunice Young
Frederick News-Post: We’ve Got Frederick Written All Over Ds
Local brief notes win praise for community identity as Frederick writers and residents celebrate city pride. Districts showcase strong ties between readers and papers, highlighting familiar places and everyday achievements in a concise update.
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The
Frederick
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Thomas H. Hattery
Maryland
Jeff Esko
Banner
Carroll Parkway
Amvets
Alberta Johnson
Louise Schultz
Mary Ruth Lenhart
Gloria Griffin
National Association of
Stanley Manahan
Herman Jackson
Andy Rhoderick
Lewis B. Marman
Bill Kennedy
Lloyd Arnold
Hobard Bonner
Tom Campbell
Lawrence Fagan
United Way
Anne Elise Grant
Howard E. Walsh
Robert L. Dixon
Samuel L. Birely
Faye Z. Fogle
Christopher T. Condon
William A. Forrester
Patricia I. Whitmore
William A. Stitely
Clyde M. Berger
Robert A. DeWitt
Sandra K. Roach
Susan E. Holt
Ronnie S. Hell
Marian §. McSherry
Welson W. Palmer
Gareth B. Lease
Diane N. Buzzell
Paul E. Brandenburg
Charles W. Reeder
Clyde M. Berger HI
Ruth E. McCrossin
Paul E. Main
Phil £. Perkins
Ella E. Derr
William E. Thrasher
Deanna M. Webb
James S. Jameson
William H. Norwood
Frank V. Tamburo
Robert C. Lightner
Donna M. Lightner
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