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This review examined whether this deferral period is justified by current evidence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Databases (Medline, EMBASE, Scopus) were searched using terms \u201cblood donation\u201d and \u201cgay\u201d or \u201cMSM\u201d and \u201cHIV risk\u201d from the mid\u20101980s to the present to investigate the history of donor deferral policy and its rationale in Australia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Gay and bisexual men in Australia face a higher risk of human immunodeficiency virus and other blood\u2010borne viruses (BBVs) than other populations. All blood donations, however, are tested for BBVs, and with current testing technologies the window period during which infection may be present but not detected is now less than 1\u00a0week. While there is a moral imperative to maintain blood safety, there is also a moral imperative to ensure that differential treatment of population groups with regard to donation eligibility is scientifically justified. Potential social harms that may flow from a dissonance between deferral policy and its evidence base include loss of trust and increased nonadherence to policy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 12\u2010month deferral for gay and bisexual men exceeds what is required to maintain blood safety. This disparity potentially causes social harm without any additional benefit to public health. 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