Immunisation, non-live - Tissue - Live Donors

Essential information

Excludes

Post exposure - see Immunisation

Obligatory

Hepatitis B:

Must not donate if:

Less than seven days after administration.

Discretionary

Other non-live immunisations, accept.

Supporting information

Additional information

Sensitive assays for HBsAg may be positive following recent immunisation. Full screening for Hepatitis B may be required.

Note, hepatitis A immunisation may be combined with hepatitis B immunisation.

'Non-Live' immunisations do not use material that can cause infection. This means there is no risk to people receiving donated material from a recently immunised non-exposed donor.

Reason for change:

To remove Coronavirus Vaccination from obligatory section, and additional information section updated.

Version details:

TL-DSG Edition 203 Release 57 (18 April 2024)