Cerebrovascular disease and intracranial haemorrhage - Whole Blood and Components

Essential information

Includes

Diseases of the vasculature of the brain. This includes:

• Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (haemorrhagic or embolic)
• Transient ischaemic attack
• Vascular dementia
• Carotid artery disease
• Cerebral haemorrhages and haematomas that are intracranial, subdural, subarachnoid, or epidural

Obligatory

Must not donate.

Discretionary

If the donor has had one or more berry aneurysms treated by interventional radiology or surgery and

• the donor has recovered from any associated subarachnoid haemorrhage, and
• there is no residual neurological deficit, such as a stroke, and
• any surgery did not require the use of dural grafts and/or was performed in the UK after 1992,

refer to a DCSO.

If the donor has recovered from a single episode of intracranial haemorrhage due to trauma, and

• there is no underlying cerebral or cerebrovascular disease, and
• there is no underlying bleeding disorder, and
• there is no residual neurological deficit, such as a stroke,

accept.

Supporting information

See if relevant

• Central nervous system disease
• Epilepsy
• Neurosurgery
• Transfusion

Additional information

A history of thrombotic stroke or cerebral haemorrhage may increase the risk of donor adverse events. In order to reduce this risk, donors with a history of cerebrovascular disease must be deferred.

If the incident was due to trauma, and not intrinsic cerebrovascular pathology, and donor has fully recovered, it may be appropriate to accept the donor.

Reason for change:

This is a new entry.

Version details:

WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 73 (07 October 2024)