Infection, chronic - Whole Blood and Components
Essential information
- Definition/s
Chronic: continuing, or possibly continuing, infection, even without symptoms or signs of infection.
Systemic: any medicine taken by mouth, injection or suppository. It does not include local skin or nail treatments, or drops or creams used in the eye, ear or nose.
- Obligatory
Must not donate.
Contact with:See Infectious diseases, contact with or Non-contagious diseases, contact with
- Discretionary
- Acne:
Most donors with acne can be accepted but this depends on the type of treatment and lack of any secondary infection.
- Chronic superficial fungal infections:
- If on local therapy only, accept.
- If more than seven days from completing systemic antifungal therapy, accept.
- Typhoid and Paratyphoid
If more than seven days from completion of antibiotic course and last symptoms, accept.
Supporting information
- See if relevant
- Additional information
Many infections can be spread by donated material. It is important that the donor does not pose a risk of giving an infection to a recipient. Some infections may appear to have resolved but are only controlled by the person's immune system. If material from them is given to a recipient without immunity, severe infection may result. Typhoid and Paratyphoid are gastrointestinal infections which rarely have a chronic carrier state. It is usually caught while travelling. It is passed by the faecal oral route and is not transfusion transmitted.
- Reason for change:
- To add entry for Typhoid and Paratyphoid.
- Version details:
WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 18 (09 June 2013)