Haematological disease - Whole Blood and Components

Essential information

Obligatory

Must not donate if:

1. Malignant.
2. A clonal disorder, e.g. primary polycythaemia (rubra vera), essential thrombocythaemia or monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS).

Discretionary

1. If following specialist investigation a polycythaemia is not diagnosed as polycythaemia rubra vera, or another myeloproliferative neoplasm, and no treatment or further investigation is planned, accept.
2. If following specialist investigation a thrombocythaemia, or another myeloproliferative neoplasm, is not diagnosed as essential thrombocythaemia and no treatment or further investigation is planned, accept.

Supporting information

See if relevant

• Anaemia
• Haemochromatosis
• Haemoglobin disorders
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Immune thrombocytopenia
• Malignancy
• Polycythaemia and raised haemoglobin

Additional information

Clonal disorders result from the proliferation of a single cell. Because they have the potential to become malignant they are treated in the same way as malignancy.

Reason for change:

The discretionary and see if relevant sections have been updated to include the revised Polycythaemia and Raised Haemoglobin entry.

Version details:

WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 58 (22 June 2021)