Diarrhoea - Tissue - Deceased Donors

Essential information

Includes

Diarrhoea and vomiting (D&V), enterocolitis, food poisoning, gastric flu, gastroenteritis.

Obligatory

Must not donate if:

Associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

Discretionary

Eyes:

1. If related to inflammatory bowel disease and there is no evidence of ocular involvement and the corneas are to be stored by organ culture, accept.
2. If related to infection and the corneas are stored by organ culture, accept.

Supporting information

See if relevant

• Infection, general

Reason for change:

The 'Discretionary' entry for 'Eyes' has been amended.

Version details:

TD-DSG Edition 203 Release 02 (01 November 2007)